“I did intend. Somebody else was in more need.”
“Couldn’t you have had a second horse?”
“No. The order took everyone by surprise. Most of us were short of cash.”
Roy thought of what Curtis had said. “And I suppose you gave what you had to everybody else, and kept none for yourself.”
“I shared with others—of course—”
“But you ought to have kept enough for riding. You’d no business—Den, you’re awfully used-up.”
“When did you hear from me last?”
“Oh, ages and ages ago. I began to think—Are you glad to come back?”
“To my friend, Roy? Yes,” with an affectionate glance.
“Isn’t it a beastly shame that I can’t be in the Army yet?”