You have been out, haven't you ?" He assented gravely.
"I went with the first division.

At that time I was in charge of a field hospital." "And now ?" "I am Chief Inspector of Field Hospitals," he replied.
"You are home on leave ?" "Not exactly," he told her, a shade of stiffness in his manner.

"I have to come over very often on details connected with the administration of my work." "I should have known quite well that you were a surgeon," she observed.
"You are a physiognomist, then ?" "More or less," she admitted.

"You see, I love people.

I love having people around me.