Has Mademoiselle Lannes heard anything from her brother?
I did not see his name on the register ?" "He has not come, but the weather has made it impossible.

Aeroplanes can't dare such snowstorms as this." "That's true, but he's so wonderfully skillful and bold that he might get here in some fashion.

Now I think we ought to make a good search among these ruins, Mr.Scott.

It's more than likely that the Germans have passed on, but there's a chance that they will linger.

You're armed, of course ?" "I've an automatic handy." "So have I.Suppose we take a look in the wood here, and then we can search among those houses on our right." The snow and the night, now at hand, biding them, they entered the little wood with confidence that they would fall into no trap.