What can I do for you ?" Peter, horribly nervous, made a half-effort at saluting, and stepped forward.

"My name's Graham, sir," he said.

"I've just come over, and was told in the C.G.'s office in London to report to Colonel Chichester, A.C.G., at Rouen." The other put him at his ease at once.

He rose and held a hand out over the littered desk.

"How do you do, Mr.Graham ?" he said.