“Harry’s visits were very much looked forward to at Villacoublay, and among the French pilots he was a source of considerable admiration for the brilliancy of his work and his profound knowledge of air work generally. Everybody turned out when they got to know that Hawker was in the air.”
CHAPTER XIII
A MOTORING HONEYMOON
Harry to the Rescue—A Game of Cards—Keeping an Appointment—Twenty-four Hours too Early!—A Provisional Engagement—Marriage—Gas-bag Motoring—A Strained Back—Faith in Christian Science.
CHAPTER XIII
There must have been very few moments in Harry’s life when he did not thoroughly enjoy himself, and since the time when I first met him in April, 1915, stranded in a little light car which I used to drive in those days, his cheery optimism has helped him over disappointments and dangers which would have overcome a less buoyant nature. Some few incidents of the intimate side of his character help to show how he took life.