6/43 "We have so few white officers, here, that one spots a fresh face at once." "Yes, I only arrived two or three hours ago. I am not attached to any regiment; but, as I speak the languages well, General Hunter is going, so he said, to make me generally useful. I only received my commission a few days before leaving Cairo." "Well, come in and have a soda and whisky. The heat out here is frightful. |