That was the only kind of reward he wanted, and, though he was absurdly over age, the authorities allowed it.

They were wise not to stickle about rules, for Peter's eyesight and nerve were as good as those of any boy of twenty.

I knew he would do well, but I was not prepared for his immediately blazing success.

He got his pilot's certificate in record time and went out to France; and presently even we foot-sloggers, busy shifting ground before the Somme, began to hear rumours of his doings.

He developed a perfect genius for air-fighting.