"It looks all-fired dark and cold up there," he muttered.
Then, turning, he caught Burke's eye, and the latter smiled.
"Well, that's where we're goin', ain't it?" inquired the aviator.
Bennie set his teeth and walked over to the speaking-tube which communicated with the condenser-room.
"All right, Atterbury!" he called sharply. "Turn her loose!"
V
The gate of the entanglement opened just enough to permit the exit of the motor bearing the irate Tassifers, and was instantly closed behind it. But once outside, it was impossible to proceed further, for the crowd had now swelled to such proportions that it absolutely blocked all movement.
"We're stuck—and that's all there is about it. They might just as well have let us stay inside," scolded Mrs. Tassifer. "We might as well make up our minds to stop right here and see whatever is to be seen. Don't let those men climb on the roof of the car, Bentham. Just look at them!"
Tassifer had caught out of the corner of his eye the dangling ends of a pair of trousers supplemented by a heavy pair of mud-covered shoes swaying outside the window of the limousine.