If I've learned one thing from books it's that you should ALWAYS tell people when you've done something that might seem perfidious if they learn it from another source, because they WILL learn it from another source, who will probably present it in the most perfidious light possible!

I hope Lt Paton gets transferred away from Guthrie's unit soon, because having to deal with that man on a daily basis must be like sandpaper to his soul. If he can't get away it may wear him down till he truly is as cynical as Keith tries to be!