“Just our luck,” grumbled Alice. “You’ll have to start off on your first trip without an audience,” she told Jane.
“I’d like to have you there, but maybe I won’t be quite as nervous if I am alone,” admitted Jane. She entered the cab and the driver closed the door.
Sue stuck her head through the lower window.
“When will you be back?” she asked.
“I haven’t the slightest idea. Not until day after tomorrow at the earliest.”
The cab lurched ahead and with the goodbyes of her friends ringing in her ears Jane started for the field and her first assignment.
An Unexpected Delay
The airport was ablaze with light when the car pulled up at the administration building, which meant that Mrs. Van Verity Vanness’ special plane was about to land.