Being the Commanding Officer of a military manoeuvres camp was no skive, but - given a good assistant helped - in more ways than one.
It made for smoother running of the accounts for which recently promoted Sgt Taylor was responsible as treasurer and, although she could be very disobedient at times, she was a Godsend for Peter Carr who, without her, would have had more on his plate than he could chew.
And apart from all that he'd fell completely in love with her but was in a position where he couldn't show it as becoming an item would have meant a posting for Rachel Taylor because fraternisation was not allowed - it was generally thought that this could disarray the discipline of the trainees who needed to concentrate entirely on the job in hand.
If it got around that Sgt Taylor was having it away with her commanding officer, he would be immediately demoted because you can bet your life that someone out there would report any bit of juicy scandal to Peter's superiors.
That why he got Rachel a job as his assistant, so they could be together most times and, given prudent planning their shared office could be their love nest.
They always needed to be careful though because often, if there was an emergency, the Commanding Officer was expected to be on the ball, so if they found they could not help themselves, the temptations being too great, Pete had to ensure his uniform was at hand so he could never be caught with his trousers down.
With Rachel it was no problem because she could instantly run into her adjoining office and dress quite easily at her leisure
It was not that often though that emergencies did occur but you can bet your life, if they did - it would usually happen when they were in a compromising position.
Most memorable and almost embarrassing for Pete was in the early days not long after Pete had set his eyes on the stunning Rachel for the first time.- when she was just a private soldier and doing everything not to conform, but she had a good reason for that knowing that she would get Pete as she wanted him, and the first time was a thrill she would never forget.