It sloped away down the left jaw, and somewhat up the cheekbone of the right side.

The mask was firmly strapped in place around the head and neck.
"What does all this mean, sir ?" demanded the Master, sharply.

"Why the mask ?" "Is that a necessary question, sir ?" replied the aviator, while a buzz of curiosity and suspicion rose.

"You have seen many such during the war and since its close." "Badly disfigured, are you ?" "That word, 'disfigured,' does not describe it, sir.

Others have wounds, but my whole face is nothing but a wound.