I squared my shoulders and saluted and held out the book to the woman, even though while I spoke, I felt ( 1 ) by the bitterness of my ( 2 ) . "I'm Lieutenant John Blanchard, and you must be Miss Maynell. I'm so glad you could meet me; may I ( 3 ) ?" The woman's face broadened into a ( 4 ) smile. "I don't know what this is about, son," she answered, "But the young lady in the green suit who just ( 5 ) , she begged me to wear this rose on my coat, and she said if you were to ask me out to dinner, I should go and tell you that she is waiting for you in the big ( 6 ) across the street. She said it was some kind of test." It's not difficult to ( 7 ) Miss Maynell's wisdom.