I thought it was hysterics, the relief from the tension of the past hour.

But it wasn't.

His body might be out of training, but there was never anything the matter with his nerves.

He was consumed with honest merriment.
'Say, Major,' he gasped, 'I don't usually cherish dislikes for my fellow men, but somehow I didn't cotton to Colonel Stumm.

But now I almost love him.