Eye doctor 

I'm sitting in an eye doctors office, and the doctor is making me to the eye chart thing.  I can only make out to perhaps the third or fourth line.  I believe the eye doctor is a friend of the family. 

He looks at my eyes and sort of shakes his head and informs me that I definitely need glasses. 

I tell him that it will not work as I am to report to Ricththofen's Jasta in a week.  If I am half blind I will be sent back to the trenches. 

I had him a wad of money and ask him if he can sign a piece of paper that I have near perfect vision.  He smiles and signs the paper, and hands it back to me along with the wad of money. 

He tells me to memorize the eye chart as they are all standard.  He hands me the chart. 

I thank him and ask him to give my best wishes to his wife.  

He smiles and nods.  He tells me to be careful out there.