Hodges tied one of his shoes thoughtfully. The Major could see he was still thinking of the Indian.
“What else did you hear?” asked the Major. He was always interested to know what the men thought of their officers. Sometimes their judgments were very shrewd.
“Not much, they talked a lot about Evans.”
“Do they like him?”
“They wouldn’t really say, of course; probably not, but they think he’s a fine seaman.”
“That’s all that’s really important.”
“That’s what I said. They say he married a girl in Seattle. He’d only known her a week.”
“How long did they live together?”
“Around a month. He was up in Anchorage last month getting a divorce from her.”
“Did she ask for it?”