“I didn’t hear anything,” Salt said.
“An automobile stopped by the roadside. I’m sure of it. Maybe it’s my father!”
“He couldn’t have reached here so soon.”
“You don’t know Dad,” Penny chuckled. “He drives like the wind. It certainly sounded like the engine of our car.”
“Let’s have a look before we cut the boat loose,” Salt said, slipping a knife back into his pocket.
“I’ll go,” Penny offered. “You wait here.”
Before Salt could stop her, she darted away into the darkness. Crawling under a barbed wire fence, she took a short cut to the road. Even before she saw the car, she heard a voice which she recognized as her father’s.
“Dad!” she called softly.
He was with another man whom Penny hoped was Major Bryan. As the two came toward the fence, she saw that it was indeed the Army officer.
“Dad, how did you get here so quickly?” she greeted him. “Salt and I didn’t expect you for at least another twenty minutes.”