A good way to reach the front, is it not, Mr.Scott ?" "Fine.

I fancy that we're hurried forward to make a link in a chain, or at least to stop a gap." "And those large birds overhead are scouting for us." "Look! One of them is dropping down.

I dare say it's making a report to some general higher in rank than ours." He pointed with a long forefinger, and John watched the aeroplane come down in its slanting course like a falling star.

It was a beautiful night, a light blue sky, with a fine moon and hosts of clear stars.

One could see far, and soon after the plane descended John saw it rise again from the same spot, ascend high in air, and shoot off toward the east.
"That may have been Lannes," he said.
"Likely as not," said de Rougemont.
John now observed General Vaugirard, who sat erect in the front of his automobile, with a pair of glasses, relatively as huge as himself, to his eyes.