“You haven’t got the plans! Did you leave them behind?”
“No, sir,” Dick said awkwardly. “I felt to see if they were in my pocket when I left the camp.”
The Colonel’s face hardened.
“Did you come straight here?”
“No, sir. I had an hour or two’s leave.”
“And spent it with your friends? Had you anything to drink?”
“Yes, sir.”
“As much as, or more than, usual?”
“Perhaps a little more,” Dick said in confusion.
The Colonel studied him with searching eyes; and then took some paper from a case on the table and began to write. He put the note in an envelope and gave it to Dick.