The doctor said, “Only a few people will ever know what happened here until some time later. Even the knowledge of what happened might start the war the world is trying to avoid. And the world,” he added thoughtfully, “will go on owing Randolph an awful lot it can never repay.”
Before he drifted off into the haziness, Randolph heard Haynes say, “Take care of him, Doc. He’s on the way to becoming a national hero of some sort. See to it that he lives to enjoy it.”