“Don’t you see that if we told him he’d back out right now? He hasn’t any more idea of getting the captaincy that he has of――of flying. And even if he agreed to it he’d be so self-conscious all the time that he’d make a horrible mess of it. No, you and I, and maybe another chap before we’re through, must keep this to ourselves. No one must even guess that we’re booming Kendall.”