Allison glared at him. “We have friends over here at Croydon. The way they run a war! You’d think somebody would wake up to a few things!”
“What sort of an assignment did we get?” Stan was sure Allison was riled over the assignment they had been given.
“Nursing a flock of coal barges through the channel. Just big, lumbering boats not worth as much as the coal inside them. The Jerries won’t waste a pound of T.N.T. on any of them. The only chance we’ll have will be if they try to dive bomb a destroyer tagging along.” Allison jerked a plate of bacon and eggs to him and shot a hard look at the corporal. “Black coffee,” he snapped.
“We rate better than that,” Stan said.
“My dear fellow,” Allison spoke with elaborate politeness. “We have a friend over in the flight office. He got himself transferred yesterday so as to be helpful to us.”
“He couldn’t be anyone I know,” Stan said.
“But of course he is. He is a dear friend of yours. In fact you offered to punch his nose for him once.”
“Not Garret?” Stan stared at Allison.
“Lieutenant Arch Garret.”
“How did he do it with a blackball against him?” Stan demanded.