How are you getting on with the code ?" "Not so badly for a stupid person," Lenora replied.

"I'm not nearly so quick as Laura, of course, but I could make a message out if I took time over it." Laura, who had been busy with some papers at the further end of the room, came over and joined them.
"Say, it's a dandy little affair, that, Mr.Quest," she exclaimed.

"I had a try with it, a day or so ago.

Jim spoke to me from Fifth Avenue." "We've got it tuned to a shade now," Quest declared.

"Equipped with this simple little device, you can speak to me from anywhere up to ten or a dozen miles.