“Yes, but you don’t have to.”
“No, of course not, but I want to. If I’m to go in for Radio and Communications I want to be prepared to serve anywhere, on land, on the sea, or in the air.”
Barbara Was Staring Gloomily at the Floor
“You’re the daffiest person I ever knew—and the dandiest!” At that big Barbara hugged Sally until she thought her ribs would crack.
“But, Sally, you don’t have to go in for parachute jumping if you’re going in for Radio,” Lieutenant Mayfare protested when Sally made her unusual request next day.
“But I want to,” Sally insisted.
“You’re doing it to help Barbara. Is that fair to yourself?”
“Who knows what is fair?” Sally asked quietly. “It’s not fair to ask a boy to give up his college work right in the middle of his first year to go to war. Or is it? It’s not fair to ask a father to leave two small children for the same reason. Or is it? Who knows—
“Anyway I’d like the experience,” she added after a brief silence. “There are several things we are not being asked to do now. Perhaps tomorrow or next month we will be asked. I want to be prepared. And after all, I think it’s a small matter.”