human
Feel all right?
gpt
Sure! Never better. I want to get at the Huns again.
human
Didn't hear from Professor Snodgrass, did you?
gpt
No. But I wrote to him again. Schmouder has been sent back to the rear to work with other prisoners, but I have his camp location so the professor can interview him if he thinks it needful. And say, a rather queer thing happened while you were away.
human
What?
gpt
Well, Noddy Nixon came to see me.
human
He did! cried Bob.
gpt
Well, the nerve of that shrimp! After he took our wood!
human
What did he want?
gpt
Oh, nothing in particular, as far as I could make out. Just seemed to want to be friendly. Asked me a lot of questions about how I was treated in the hospital and whether I got enough to eat.
human
You did, didn't you?
gpt
Sure. But I don't quite see what Noddy was aiming at. However, I didn't trouble my head much about it until yesterday.
human
Why yesterday?
gpt
Well, the surgeon who patched me up came and inquired if Noddy was a particular friend of mine.
human
Of course you told him he was!
gpt
Like fun I did! No, I said I hadn't any use for him, but I didn't go into particulars. After all, Noddy is fighting on our side.
human
You mean he's making a bluff at it! growled Bob.
gpt
But go on. Where does the queer part come in?
human
Here, answered Jerry.
gpt
The surgeon told me Noddy took him to one side and asked very particularly whether a wound in the hand or one in the foot hurt the most. That's what he wanted to know.
human
He did! cried Ned.
gpt
Well, what's queer about that?
human
Don't you see, resumed Jerry,