Then for a space the road ran naked across a down, and they seemed to hang throbbing in immensity.

Once more giant weeds rose about them and whirled past.

Then quite abruptly close upon them loomed the figure of a giant, shining brightly where the searchlight caught him below, and black against the sky above.

"Hullo there!" he cried, and "stop! There's no more road beyond ...

Is that Father Redwood ?" Redwood stood up and gave a vague shout by way of answer, and then Cossar was in the road beside him, gripping both hands with both of his and pulling him out of the car.
"What of my son ?" asked Redwood.
"He's all right," said Cossar.