“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.”