HOW WE WENT TO EARTH So presently we set out, all laden to the extent of our powers, and went first to Belfontaine, since our way lay past it.

And there my mother fell gratefully on Carette and me, as though she had feared she might never see either of us again, and I was well pleased to see the tender feeling that lay between these two who were dearest to me in all the world.
"Wherever George Hamon puts you you will be safe," said my mother, at which Uncle George's face shone happily, "and I hope it will not be for long." "Not for long," nodded my grandfather, with assurance.

"We must give Monsieur Torode business of his own to attend to nearer home.

Once Peter Port knows all we know, his fat will be in the fire." "And the sooner the better," said Carette.
"And Krok ?" I asked, tardily enough, though not through lack of thought of him.
"Your grandfather thinks he must have broken a blood-vessel yesterday.

He is in there." And I went in, and found him sitting up in great excitement at all the talking.