midnight
Not so much for my sake , '' he added quickly , `` but because I promised to whack up with my bunkies , and I want to keep my word . '' `` Well , you send a message there and see if I 'm not right , '' concluded Maxwell , and then , being rather weak , he was ordered by the nurse to take a rest . Elated , but hardly believing the good news , Jimmy received permission not only to send a message , but to go back in a motor truck to the place where the headquarters of the 509th Infantry had been just before the big advance . Jimmy did not get back to his chums until late that night , for his leave covered him up to midnight , and he was not on duty . He found Iggy , Franz , Bob and Roger in a Y.M.C.A. hut , writing letters , and from the labor Iggy was undergoing , his tongue sticking out and following every movement of his pen , it was evident that the Polish lad was not finding English correspondence any easier as the war progressed . `` Where have you been , Blazes ? Back home ? ''