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"Oh, you lovable Irish rogue--you're worth the kissing--you helped my boy to safety too." And so Paddy received his dues.
"And now, miss," said a smiling nurse, "we're going to take those three lovers of yours to hospital in Cairo."
"How mean of you," said Sybil with a smile. "Of course, you can't prevent me from seeing them there?"
"Certainly not, my girl. That will be the biggest part of their cure."
"Oh, by the way, I've news for you, boys," said Sybil, turning again:
"Bill, you've got the V.C."
"Paddy, you've got the V.C."
"Claud, you've got a commission."
"And you--eh?" smiled Claud.
"Well--yes."
"And very nice too," whispered a doctor into the nurse's ear as the very happy girl went out.
CHAPTER XI
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(_Extract from Cairo Press_)
"At Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo, Lieutenant Claud Dufair, eldest son of Lord Dufair, to Sybil Graham, daughter of "Bob" Graham, of New South Wales. Private Bill Buster, V.C., and Private Doolan, V.C., acted as groomsmen. Colonel Killem, D.S.O., also attended the ceremony. The happy couple left for a three days' honeymoon, as Lieutenant Dufair is returning to the trenches."
