They crowded in and stood staring about them. For a moment, in the semi-darkness, they could see nothing; then certain vague shapes detached themselves—a table, a chair, strange jars, a queer-looking clock....
Marbeau uttered a sudden startled exclamation.
"Why, this is a wireless plant!" he cried.
"Precisely, sir!" agreed Crochard. "The plant from which came those peculiar signals!"
CHAPTER VII
THE HUT IN THE GROVE
General Marbeau bent with the interest of an expert above the rude table on which the apparatus was installed, and examined it for some moments in silence. Then he straightened up and glanced at Delcassé.
"Well?" asked the latter.