The captain said, absent-mindedly, "Those Japanese will try it again some day."
"You think so?" said the doctor, a funny look on his face. "The Americans have the atomic bomb. Japan can never fight again."
The captain looked at the doctor and gave him a significant smile.
The doctor returned the smile, even more significantly. "Not only the Americans, perhaps…" he said.
The blind man was led into the room.
The captain began a set speech. "The Soviet Union," said he, "is returning Japanese prisoners as fast as possible. You have been selected. Have you anything to say?"
The blind Japanese began to weep with joy.
XVI. STAFF REPORT
Dugan sat in a big leather easy chair. He wore surprisingly formal clothes — a Palm Beach uniform with battle jacket and matching trousers. His oxfords shone and the major's leaves on his shoulders were completely out-shone by the glittering array of ribbons on his chest. The new one, which the Supreme Commander himself had pinned on him that very morning, hung crisply though a little out of line. Dugan gave Colonel Landsiedel a crooked smile.
"It's a little unusual for me to be myself — uniform and all that… I'm tired. It's funny to sit here and realize that I just have to be me."