"Didn't you hear it?"
"No. What?"
"That buzzing sound. It wasn't a car, I'm certain. I believe it was athere, listen!"
I heard it now, distinctly. Away to our right it sounded, high in the air, apparently; a strange, humming noise.
"An aeroplane?"
He nodded.
Quickly the sound increased in volume. Now we saw that the crowds down in the valley had heard it. They were gazing up in the sky, away to our right. Now they were getting excited. Like ants they hurried about. Out of the tents they swarmed, like bees out of a hive that has been stirred up with a stick. And now out of the house, too, they came hurryingguests, men and maidservants, hired helpers, everybody.
The humming grew louder and louder.
"'Scot! What an idea!"
"Idea?" I exclaimed. "What do you mean?"