“Yes, he is. And he takes to aviation like a duck to water. What do you hear from your other friend?”
“My other friend! Have I then but one more?”
Patty well knew Lieutenant Herron meant Little Billee, but she was always chary of talking about Farnsworth to anybody.
“Only one that you care for; isn’t that so?”
“Oh, no! I care for lots of people, and I care for all our soldiers! How can you think otherwise?”
“Yes, in a sense. But only one you care for especially.”
“Naturally. If you mean Captain Farnsworth, and I suppose you do,—most girls care especially for the men they are engaged to.”
“Are you really engaged to him?”
“Of course I am! Why do you ask?”
“Oh, nothing.”