“Not so small.” The officer spoke slowly. “You’ll have to spend the last half of every afternoon for a week preparing for it.
“Of course,” she added, “your work here has been excellent. The time lost will not matter so much. So—”
“Then I may do it?” Sally exclaimed eagerly.
“Yes, you may!”
“Oh! Thank you! Thank you a lot!”
“It is Barbara who should be thankful. I doubt if she could take the test alone.”
“She couldn’t,” Sally agreed. “Barbara is a fine girl. She’s true blue. There are not many things she could do in our organization. For parachute rigging she’s perfect.”
“That’s right.”
“And I want her to be a great success.”
“With your help I’m sure she will be. You and she may start your training this afternoon. The sooner the better. There’s not much time left—”