You leave that gun alone, and work at the
signaling, and I guess I can make out to come every afternoon.
I start out about 2 A. M. and by noon I'm mostly back."
We all thanked him, and saluted as he left. He saluted to,
and said:
"Name's Schmidt, but don't worry about that. Got some
German blood way back, but who hasn't?"
He then departed with his to dogs, and we held a meeting,
and voted to give up everything but signaling.
Passed unanamously.
8 P. M. I am now at home. Dinner is over, being early on
Sundays because of Servants' days out and so on.
Leila had a Doctor to dinner. She met him at the Red Cross,
and he would, I think, be a good husband. He sat beside me, and
I talked mostly about her, as I wished him to know that,
although having her faults as all have, she would be a good
wife.
"She can sow very well," I told him, "and she would
probably like to keep House, but of course has no chance here,
as mother thinks no one can manage but herself."
"Indeed!" he said, looking at me. "But of course she will
probably have a house of her own before long.
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