During World War II, Archie Goodwin becomes a major in the U.S. Army and serves in military intelligence. Nero Wolfe also continues to work for the government…
Wolfe uses a battle grenade of increased power instead of a paperweight, and Major Goodwin goes on a date with a girl—an enlisted sergeant… After looking in the closet out of habit, the major finds a lieutenant eavesdropping in there. Only the sergeant’s intervention saves the lieutenant from being beaten…