She wondered whether it had been the matter with Billy Sutton too; if he too were jealous and afraid.
That night Mrs. Rankin told her what the Colonel really had said: "'C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas--la Croix Rouge.' If you're all sent home to-morrow it'll serve you jolly well right," she said.
But somehow she couldn't make it sound as if he had been angry.