And they would return in two more days--such a little while it would take-- Johnny's jaw lengthened.

Making due allowance for the lying tongue of Tomaso's brother, it would take a week to get the thing home.

And that would mean that Johnny would have no job when he returned; which would mean that he would have no fifty dollars a month coming in; which would mean that he would be broke and would have to hunt another job.

And you couldn't pack a government airplane around under your arm.

Not once did it occur to Johnny that he might sell it for more money than he had ever possessed in his life, for more than what a full course in aviation would cost him.