The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 251: what you’re looking at

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THE GikL FROM HONG-HONG. 24d among the. clouds,. time. is necessary in order that: he may overcome-this feeling ‘that. he is clearly out of his element. - {264 m jb ah Biyee . Doris exhibits a bravery that encourages the man ‘whose every thought is of her. . Long she watches the many lights of the fortress on Finland’s great gulf, until they grow faint in. the distance. Oo This is really the only positive proof they have that. they. are moving with. the speed of an express train, although of course the professor has means of knowing their altitude, the number -of miles at which they float along, and something of the possibilities awaiting them. - One and all they are glad to hear him announce that the conditions could hardly.be more favorable for carry- ‘ing them beyond the far-off German border. _ Doris no longer-leans over the car, looking downward, since the black. gulf awes her. LS a a. ' . Somehow the silvery stars, where she can see them : above, appear to be closer than usual, and the sensa- tion of floating so close to the fleecy clouds is marvelous. So. Terry and Doris sit there and talk in low voices. a He is eager to consult her wishes, to anticipate. them, and though no word has been spoken, there is the “gentle affection of mutual love between them. | ‘The. ted ride in the Russian cov- The long, tedious, dangerous id Russian cov-