"But when," I insisted, "did you really find out for sure? Your
memory's no better than mine. Certainly you didn't remember the events
of last year's game?"
"Some of them," he said amusedly. "I caught on when I heard that
episode about the awkward quarterback, the substitute, number 36.
Remember?"
"Remember! You bet I do. The clumsy galoot who fumbled in the end zone
and gave the Rocketeers a touchdown? He should have been drawn and
quartered, the dope. But how did you remember _him_?"
Biggs smiled wanly.
"I just left the Academy last year, Sparks," he said. "And the football
team. _I_ was number 36!"
Then he turned to Diane, and she turned to him, and--aw, hell! I know
when I'm not wanted!