It did not occur to him that that he could call the law to his aid and have the airplane stored safe from Bland's pilfering fingers.

That little gleam of brightness could not penetrate his gloom; for, once Johnny's indomitable optimism failed him, he fell deep indeed into the black pit of despair.
Strangely, the failure of his impromptu elopement troubled him the least of all.

It had been a crazy idea, born of Mary V's presence in the airplane and his angry impulse to spite old Sudden.

He had known all along that it was a crazy idea, and that it was likely to breed complications and jeopardize his dearest ambition, though he had never dreamed just what form the complications would take.

Even when he landed it was mostly his stubbornness that had sent him on after the marriage license.