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Phil is our soldier brother. And there is nothing fanciful about _him_! He is a rock of sturdy common-sense and unfailing good nature. He was the very best person to confide our strange secret to, and my respect for Dormy increased.
We did tell him -- the very next morning. He listened very attentively, only putting in a question here and there, and though, of course, he was incredulous -- had I not been so myself? -- he was not mocking.