I think that very soon I could have gone on no longer." Quest's only reply was a little nod.

Yet, notwithstanding his imperturbability of expression, that little nod was wonderfully sympathetic.

Lenora leaned back in her place well satisfied.

She felt that she was understood.
By Quest's directions, the automobile was brought to a stand-still at a point where it skirted the main railway line, and close to the section house which he had appointed for his rendezvous with Laura.

She had apparently seen their approach and she came out to meet them at once, accompanied by a short, thick-set man whom she introduced as Mr.Horan.
"This is Mr.Horan, the section boss," she explained.
Mr.Horan shook hands.
"Say, I've heard of you, Mr.Quest," he announced.