Regiment of Women (1973)
“What was she doing there? Instead of the stupid little one-upping exercise, he should have tried to probe her for information. He too was now a secret agent. And he did not even know which name she was currently using.
He took immediate measures to establish his own change of diminutive. Lining up his men in twos for the march to the bathroom, he announced that he was henceforth to be addressed as “Al.” Eyebrows went up, and Jackie whined: “Why, Georgie, for heaven’s sake?”
“No talking in ranks...,” said Cornell. His voice was somewhat harsher than he had intended, but perhaps that was to the good. He had permitted too much familiarity in the past.
A surprise awaited him as he led them into the corridor: Harriet and all her boys had vanished. The lavatory was empty. That was spite for you! Losing the contest, she had either taken her boys to another toilet somewhere, or—He halted his group, went along the corridor to the next classroom and peeped through the window in its door.MoreLess
He took immediate measures to establish his own change of diminutive. Lining up his men in twos for the march to the bathroom, he announced that he was henceforth to be addressed as “Al.” Eyebrows went up, and Jackie whined: “Why, Georgie, for heaven’s sake?”
“No talking in ranks...,” said Cornell. His voice was somewhat harsher than he had intended, but perhaps that was to the good. He had permitted too much familiarity in the past.
A surprise awaited him as he led them into the corridor: Harriet and all her boys had vanished. The lavatory was empty. That was spite for you! Losing the contest, she had either taken her boys to another toilet somewhere, or—He halted his group, went along the corridor to the next classroom and peeped through the window in its door.MoreLess
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