Steffi was walking so close by my side that I was afraid that one or both of us would trip over the other's feet and end up sprawled on the sidewalk. ...ortunately we made it and I unlocked the door and held it open for Steffi to enter. I followed and closed the door behind us. Steffi turned around, reached past me and threw the deadbolt on the door. After all she had said and done I had no reason to question this action, but I was still unsure how I would proceed. Steffi sat on the sofa and. ?It’s one of my favorite talkies.? Buzz paused. ?You were also brilliant as the nun in ?Father O’Ryan’s Crusade? and with Jimmy Stewart in that bank robbery picture. I’ve got all your Photoplay covers.?Cairn tossed her amber curls and stared at the young FBI agent. ?I don’t care, Agent Hewel. The Committee has summoned me, and I want to get this over with.? Cairn paused. ?But I’m not naming any names, soldier-boy.?She looked so severe! Buzz thought she reminded him of Mother?how Mother would. On the home front, Anna seems much happier. I sat near her at lunch today and listened in to her thoughts. She'd a notepad alongside her and was working out menus at first this puzzled me but then it became clear that her mistress was spending the weekend with her and I had images of a pink bedroom with lace curtains and the pair of them cuddling between the sheets.Kathleen is getting on well and Rowlandson still seems to be co-operating and not trying to hassle her. She came to dinner with. “Come!”I walked in and a short stocky woman looked up from the report she was reading, “Yes?”I walked to the desk, “Top Sergeant England.”She sat back and looked me over, “You are not ten feet tall.”I grinned as I looked around before sitting, “Sergeant Major Davis said you needed someone to help fill a company.”She nodded and sighed, “We took a lot of hits retaking Gingerroot. You will be taking the Serpents with a green Captain. You have four Senior Sergeants and two Sergeants for platoon.