“Neither am I, Father,” said the major. “It’s just that I’m a very devout person, and I like to call all men of God Father.” “He doesn’t even believe there are atheists in foxholes,” the colonel mocked, and nudged the chaplain in the ribs familiarly. “Go on, Chaplain, tell him. Are there atheists in foxholes?” “I don’t know, sir,” the chaplain replied. “I’ve never been in a foxhole.” The officer in front swung his head around swiftly with a quarrelsome expression. “You’ve never been in heaven either, have you? But you know there’s a heaven, don’t you?”
