I squared my shoulders and saluted and held out the _1_ to the woman, even though while I spoke I felt __2__ by the bitterness of my __3__ . "I'm Lieutenant John Blanchard, and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so glad you could meet me; may I __4__ ?" The woman's face broadened into a __5__ . "I don't know what this is about, son," she answered, "but the young lady in the green suit who just __6__ , she begged me to wear this _7__ on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner, I should go and tell you that she is waiting for you in the _8__ across the street. She said it was some kind of __9__ !" It's not difficult to __10__ Miss Maynell's wisdom.