13/18 He inspected his charts, together with the air-liner's record of course and position. He slightly corrected the direction of flight. "Captain Alden" was already in the pilot-house, with Leclair. The Master summoned Bohannan tersely, and briefly instructed him: "You understand, of course, that we may now be facing perils beyond any yet encountered. We have already upset all Islam, and changed the _kiblah_--the direction of prayer--for more than two hundred million human beings. |