I'll Be Seeing You Page #4

l havent any sister. l just made all that up.

When you said

you were getting off the train at Pinehill...

l had to make up some sort of excuse

so l could get off with you.

Good evening.

Uncle Henry, this is Zachary Morgan.

My uncle.

-Happy to have you here, Sergeant.

-Thank you.

Make yourself at home. Happy to do

whatever we can for the armed forces.

A man always feels, these days,

hes not doing enough.

How about a drink? Have some bourbon.

No, thank you, lm not drinking just now.

Well, let you in on a little secret.

Neither am l.

lts a funny thing.

People that have it dont want it.

Oh, fine.

People that cant get it...

you ought to see the act they put on

in my drugstore to get that stuff.

Suppers ready. Come and get it.

Hungry?

-Mary, you sit over here. Zach, down there.

-Thank you.

We thank you, God, for our daily bread.

We will do our best to deserve it.

We know that you are present here with us...

that you are smiling upon our two guests,

Mary and Zachary.

Please look after all our dear ones...

and all the boys

who are fighting for our country.

Amen.

Youre not very used to saying grace,

are you, Zach?

No. ln the Army l guess you dont have time.

Didnt you even say it when you were a kid?

When l was a kid l did,

it was just sort of routine.

-You say it as if you meant it, sir.

-l do, Sergeant.

Makes me want to say that l am grateful, too,

for being here and everything.

Thank you, Zachary.

-You must be quite a soldier.

-l wouldnt say that.

The Good Conduct Medal,

two campaigns in the South Pacific...

and the Purple Heart.

For Heavens sake, Barbara,

whered you learn all that?

A girl gets to know medals

like she does boogie-woogie.

But the Purple Heart,

that means you were wounded.

Barbara, stop asking questions.

lm sure Sgt. Morgan doesnt like it.

Come on, Zach,

tell us how you got to be a hero.

After dinner, you go upstairs

and take off some of that lipstick.

Looks as if you fell in a pot of red paint.

Go on, eat your soup, Sergeant,

before it gets cold. Thats orders.

You must have been disappointed

not to find your sister.

Well, Mrs. Marshall--

She took a defense job in California.

Didnt she?

Are you mad at me, Zach,

for asking all those questions?

No.

lm not mad. You mad?

No, lm not mad.

Dad.

-Dad, l want to ask you a question.

-Fine. Fire away.

You know,

you never told me anything about Mary.

l mean, why she was sent to prison,

and why she--

You can find out about that

some other time, when youre a little older.

But it cant be so secret.

l dont see why l shouldnt know.

Barbara, you can find out about that

some other time.

lts just that Mary made a little mistake,

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