"I asked a question!"
"Calm down, boy. It's just that he's in charge of things here so
naturally she wants to keep in good with him."
I scowled. "I keep hearing stories about how the Major's chief
interest in life is women. You sure she isn't ambitious to be one of
them?"
He said: "The reason she wants to keep him happy is so she _won't_ be
one of them."
V
The name of the place was Bayonne.