CHAPTER XXIV 

Captain Richard Beverley, on his way through the hotel smoking room to the Savoy bar, stopped short. He looked at the girl who had half risen from her seat on the couch with a sudden impulse of half startled recognition. Her little smile of welcome was entirely convincing. 

"Why, it's Nora Sharey!" he exclaimed. "Nora!" 

"Well, I am glad you've recognised me at last," she said, laughing. "I tried to make you see me last night in the restaurant, but you wouldn't look." 

He seemed a little dazed, even after he had saluted mechanically, held her hand for a moment and sank into the place by her side. 

"Nora Sharey!" he repeated. "Why, it was really you, then, dining last night with that fellow Crawshay?" 

"Of course it was," she replied, "and I recognised you at once, even in your uniform." 

"You know that Jocelyn Thew is here? You saw him with us last night?" 

"Yes, I know." 

"Stop a moment," Richard Beverley went on. "Let me think, Nora. Jocelyn Thew must have seen you dining with Crawshay. How does that work out?" 

"He doesn't mind," she replied. "Let that stuff alone for a time. I want to look at you. You're fine, Dick, but what does it all mean?" 

"I couldn't stick the ranch after the war broke out," he confessed. "I moved up into Canada and took on flying." 

"You are fighting out there in France?" 

"Have been for six months. Some sport, I can tell you, Nora. I've got a little machine gun that's a perfect daisy. Gee! I've got to pull up. The hardest work we fellows have sometimes is to remember that we mustn't talk about our job. They used to call me undisciplined. I'm getting it into my bones now, though.--Why, Nora, this is queer! I guess we're going to have a cocktail together, aren't we?" 
Where is someone battling at?
Who is?
For how long?
Does he seem depressed by it?
What weapon is he happy about?
Who is he saying all this to?
Is he supposed to be telling her about it?
What rank is he?
Where does he run into her?
Were they happy to notice each other?
How many other times had she noticed him before?
Where?
Where did me move to after the fight started?
Who had she been having dinner with?
Who noticed them having dinner?
Did she immediately recognize him?
Is he in casual wear?
What is he wearing then?
What did he do before heading to the great north?
And what did he take on after?
France
You are fighting out there in France?" 

"Have been for six months.
Richard Beverley
Richard Beverley
For six months
"Have been for six months.
No
 I'm getting it into my bones now, though.
A little machine gun
I've got a little machine gun that's a perfec
Nora Sharey
Nora Sharey
No
 The hardest work we fellows have sometimes is to remember that we mustn't talk about our job. 
Captain
Captain Richard Beverley, o
The hotel smoking room
on his way through the hotel smoking room to the Savoy bar,
Yes
Her little smile of welcome was entirely convincing. 
Once

"Well, I am glad you've recognised me at last," she said, laughing. "I tried to make you see me last night in the restaurant, but you wouldn't look." 
In the restaurant
"I tried to make you see me last night in the restaurant, but you wouldn't look." 
unknown
unknown
Crawshay
Why, it was really you, then, dining last night with that fellow Crawshay?" 
Jocelyn Thew
Jocelyn Thew must have seen you dining with Crawshay. How does that work out?" 

Yes
"Of course it was," she replied, "and I recognised you at once, even in your uniform." 
No
"Of course it was," she replied, "and I recognised you at once, even in your uniform." 
His uniform

"Of course it was," she replied, "and I recognised you at once, even in your uniform." 
Ranching
"I couldn't stick the ranch after the war broke out," he confessed. "I moved up into Canada and took on flying." 
flying
flying