Green for Danger
“took his seven days’ leave, the Mess automatically threw a party. A large, rather dingy room called the Ladies’ Room, was dusted and polished for the first time since the Colonel’s last absence, a motley collection of buns and sandwiches was arranged on one of the tables, and a row of bottles stood on the piano top. There was the usual little difficulty as to whether the Sisters would kick up a fuss if V.A.D.s were invited, and the usual decision that this was only an informal do, and it didn’t matter in the least whether they did or not; there was the usual mix-up as to who had promised to see about the French chalk, and the usual rejoicing on the part of a lance-corporal who was taken away from some more arduous duty to fix up the radiogram. The older members of the Mess retired to the ante-room and confided to each other that it was difficult to know whether one should shut one’s eyes to this kind of thing or just mention it to the C.O. on his return and let him do any blinking tha...t he thought advisable; and ended by agreeing that boys would be boys and, after all, there was no harm in it.MoreLess
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