"But have you heard the news?" he cried.
"What news?"
"About the South Pole Expedition—they're on their way home."
"So soon?"
"Yes, they reached New Zealand on Saturday was a week."
"And . . . and . . . and Martin Conrad?"
"He's well, and what's better, he has distinguished himself."
"I . . . I . . . I knew he would."
"So did I! The way I was never fearing that if they gave Mart half a chance he would come out top! Do or die—that was his watch-word."
"I know! I know!"