The ribs of the plane were driven deep into the earth and he looked away.

But a hum and swish suddenly came once more, and a sleek and graceful aeroplane, which he knew to be the _Arrow_, sank to the earth close to him.

Lannes, smiling and triumphant, stepped forth and John hailed him eagerly.
"I met Caumartin in an aerial road," said Lannes, in his best dramatic manner, "and he described this place, at which you were waiting.

As it was directly on my way I concluded to come by for you.

I was delayed by a skirmish overhead which you may have seen." "Yes, I saw it, or at least part of it." "I came in at the end only.