“I’ll have one sent in for you,” he said, as he motioned Nancy to a chair beside his desk. Chairs were luxuries and Nancy sat down gratefully, for she suddenly felt very tired.
“A fresh supply just came in from the States,” Major Reed explained as he opened her bottle.
“My, that tastes like the corner drugstore at home,” said Nancy.
He studied her a moment, then asked, “Homesick?”
“Oh, no. I’m having a wonderful time.”
His face relaxed. “I was afraid you were homesick.”
“Of course I’d like better than anything else to see Mom and Dad, and have a peep at all the folks back home, but I’d want to be right here the next day.”
“You wouldn’t mind going even deeper into it?” he asked.
She sent him a speculative glance. “Oh, Major Reed, are we going to get out to the islands?”
“You guessed right.”