"Like her?"
"Yes," he replied.
Zelda threw back her head in an impertinent way of hers that was called engaging. "Love her?"
He stepped nearer Katie, as if for protection. His smile was a dead smile.
"Really, Zelda," said Katie, in laughing protest.
"I just wondered," said Zelda, "if she was going to marry into the army."
Katie saw Major Darrett's smile.
"If she did," she said, "the army would gain something that might do it good."
Major Darrett was staring at her speechlessly. Harry gratefully. "You're very fond of her?" said Caroline Osborne in her sweet-toned way.
"Very," said Kate in way less sweet.