"Sure. He's just been winged bad."
"The Huns done him up something fierce," added the other.
"Very bad?"
Maryette came back with a loaf and two bottles.
"I seen him at Fontanes," replied the muleteer, taking the provisions from the girl. "He's all shot to pieces, but they say he'll pull through."
The airman turned to Maryette:
"Jack will get well," he translated bluntly.
The girl, who had just refused the money offered by the American muleteer, turned sharply, became deadly white for a second, then her face flamed with a hot and splendid colour.
One of the muleteers said:[pg 233]
"Is this here his girl?"