“What’s so interesting over there?” Brad’s teasing tone jolted Kitty out of her curious speculation.

“Who’s that playing chess with Lieutenant Cary?” she asked in a low tone.

Brad glanced to the south corner of the room and replied, “Krome.”

“You mean the head cook up at the hospital?”

“What’s so surprising about that?”

“Somehow I thought Lieutenant Cary would be too snippity to play chess with the cook.”

“Why Krome’s Chief Commissary Steward. Lieutenant Cary has no reason to be high-hat to him. He was in the service long before Cary ever thought of such a thing.”

“Is that so?”

“Sure.”

“But Dr. Cary is a lieutenant.”