"I would conclude from the sound that I have spoken in a tongue within your complete understanding. And the other?"
Henri registered Billy, name and nation.
The boy from Bangor flushed with gratification when the general, in excellent American, called him forward.
"You're a long way from home, young man."
Billy admitted the fact, and added, "I have been wishing many times of late, sir, that the distance could be reduced three-fourths and I had already traveled the other fourth."
With the incoming of the staff members, reporting from the front, the general consigned the boys for the present to the custody of Captain Neva.
"They've wasted no time," observed Billy, pointing to the familiar lines of the No. 3's, glistening with new color.
That a couple of Polish carters should happen to be gaping at the aviation show was not an unusual occurrence or usually worthy of notice.
But there are carters and carters, and some seeming carters are not carters at all!