Part 25 (1/2)

”I'lad it was not too late”

”Gosh, me too,” Dave mumbled, and tried to say more but the words wouldn't come

And so the three of them: two boys and the General stood there with their faces turned toward England while the boat cut through the dawn-greyed swells and the light fog And then after a long ti lifted and they saw it there ahead

”Dover!” Freddy said in a choked voice, and tears trickled down his cheeks ”The chalk cliffs of Dover England!”

”Yes, the chalk cliffs of Dover, and England,” General Caldwell , but it's far fros Perhaps several of them But in the end in We land Always!”

Three days after the world-thrilling evacuation of Dunkirk, Dave Dawson sat in the living-room of Freddy Farmer's house in Baker Street in London Freddy was there, of course, and so was his dad And so was Dave's father Within an hour after touching English soil the British War Office had contacted Dave's dad in Paris where he had gone hoping to pick up the trail of hisbecause of a phone call fro that the Chief of Staff was on his way there, and for theet here!” Dave exclaimed for the umpteenth time

”He didn't say why he wanted to see us?” Freddy asked his father for the umpteenth time, too

”No, Freddy,” the senior Farmer replied patiently ”He didn't say a word about it”

”Gee, do I hope, do I hope, _do I hope!_” Dave breathed and pressed his two clenched fists together ”Do I hope he has fixed it for us to get into the RAF, even though we are a bit under age He said he'd do everything he could And, Dad?”

Dave turned and looked into his father's face

”Yes, Dave?”

”I sure hope it really _is_ okay with you,” Dave said ”Iinto the RAF, if I possibly can It's Well, it's just that nothing else see the pants off the nazis And I want to help, no matter _what_ kind of help it is”

”I understand, perfectly, Dave,” his father said with a smile ”I know exactly how you feel, because I feel the saoverns”