Chapter Seventeen – The Second Wedding
“Well?” the sergeant was growing impatient. “Answer me.”
“To the kaisi, Sarge.”
“Why are you so out of breath?”
“I had to run, Sarge, I’ve got the shits.”
“You weren’t here in the middle of the afternoon when the lieutenant was doing his rounds.”
“I expect I was in the kaisi as well then, Sarge, I haven’t slept. Must have been something I ate.”
“You’d better get yourself off to see the MO then, Pioneer. We can’t afford to lose another tunneler.”
Albert went to see the MO, who excused him from his shift so he could catch up on the sleep he had missed.
“You jammy bastard,” said Grieve, when he returned at dawn and Albert told him all about his adventure.
“I asked her to marry me,” said Albert.
“And, what did she say?”
“She said yes. Her fath
