”Once outside he told the other officers to start rounding up all the jerry cans they could find and asked Sargent Blake to find the Prof and to rep...rt to him at his tent.Sargent Blake and the Prof arrived as ordered and took a seat on his cot. Shaun already had his map laid out on his table. He quickly brought the Prof up to speed on the intended operation.“Well, chaps, this is not going to be a tea party. It’s about 600 miles to the target if we jump off from Sidi Barrani so it could take up. "It's been far too long. Last time you were still at school. Let's look at you. Mmm, not bad at all and you get to look more and more like your father." I hope that's a compliment, Mrs Collins," replied Mark grinning. "It's lovely to see you again. Either you've all been in Germany or I have." Well, we're all back in England again for a time so we'll have to take every opportunity to make up for it."Standing a few yards behind Frances was a petite blonde with violet eyes and a shy. After seven months, I was beginning to lose heart. My sense of logic was telling me that this is a huge country; who knew how long it might be before the Wizard dropped in on my city? And even if he did, what was there to guarantee I would be in the right mall at the right moment? So I skipped the next weekend; spent the whole time inside my apartment, sleeping or watching television. But I realized I could never meet the Wizard this way; so I quickly shook off my depression and was back at it. "Boy, was that a mistake."Well, if a certain person had awakened me the way I planned instead of being gone when I woke up, I would have been in a better mood this morning. By the way, why are you three so happy this morning? I would think with all that's happened you would be a little more concerned."Before I could answer, Sally came in looking like she was sleepwalking and sat down, asking for tea. I got up and went to my desk and got the pouch I had gotten yesterday. I walked back in, sat.