“Well, forget it.” After an interval he asked, “Think you’re going to enjoy the Canteen work?”

“I’m crazy about it. But really it seems so little to do when there’s so much to be done.”

“It’s all the little bits put together that’s going to help us win this war.”

“And prepare us to live in a more wonderful peace afterward. It’s learning to work together that’s so important.”

“One person pulling in the wrong direction can upset the whole works.”

Kitty made no reply, but she thought he must know what was on her mind even before he added, “I figure you’ve been wondering why Krome and Cary seem so intimate.”

“You hit the nail on the head!”

“We’ve both put a big question mark behind Cary, and when we see Krome buddying with him he gets a question mark, too.”

“Not only Krome.”

“That chap, Punaro, you were asking about?”