In the Y hut sat an English lady, one of the hostesses.

To her came a young American marine with whom she already had some acquaintance.

This led him to ask for her advice.

He said to her that as his permission was of only seventy-two hours, he wanted to be as economical of his time as he could and see everything best worth while for him to see during his leave.

Would she, therefore, tell him what things in Paris were the most interesting and in what order he had best take them?
She replied with another suggestion; why not, she said, ask for permission for England?
This would give him two weeks instead of seventy-two hours.