CaptainZelotestuggedathisbeardreflectively。WhenIwroteFosdicktheotherday，hesaid，Icouldn’twritemorethanacoupleofpages。Iwastooupsettodoit。Icouldn’t，that’sall。
Yes，butyouareAlbert’sgrandfather。
Iknow。AndHelen’salways……Butthere，Mother，don’tyouworryaboutHelenKendall。I’veknownhersinceshewasborn，prettynigh，and_I_tellyoushe’sallRIGHT。
Fosdick，inhisletter，hadaskedforparticularsconcerningAlbert’sdeath。Thoseparticularswereslowincoming。CaptainZeloteswroteatoncetotheWarDepartment，butreceivedlittlesatisfaction。TheDepartmentwouldinformhimassoonasitobtainedtheinformation。ThenameofSergeantAlbertSperanzahadbeencabledasoneofalistoffatalities，thatwasall。
Andtothink，asRachelEllisputit，thatweneverknewthathe’dbeenmadeasergeantuntilafterhewasgone。Heneverhadtimetowriteit，Iexpectlikely，poorboy。