Squadron Leader Creighton invited the girls to join him. He introduced
Queenie to the man in glasses as the German-speaking hero, and
Maddie as the officer who guided the German aircraft in. Queenie added that Maddie was a pilot. The man in glasses was shocked. As Queenie shook the man’s hand, she said he must be her contact. Maddie desperately tried to explain away their game and Queenie’s behavior, and the man asked if Queenie had read Kipling’s novel
Kim. They discovered that the man’s wife and Queenie attended the same college, though years apart. Queenie explained that she spoke French in addition to German, and she could also imitate several local dialects.