Night Flight
“He had kept his overcoat and hat on, like the incessant traveler he always seemed to be. His spare person took up so little room, his clothes and graying hair so aptly fitted into any scene, that when he went by hardly any one noticed it. Yet, at his entry, a wave of energy traversed the office. The staff bustled, the head clerk hurriedly compiled the papers remaining on his desk, typewriters began to click.
The telephonist was busily slipping his plugs into the standard and noting the telegram...s in a bulky register. Rivière sat down and read them.
All that he read, the Chile episode excepted, told of one of those favored days when things go right of themselves and each successive message from the airports is another bulletin of victory. The Patagonia mail, too, was making headway; all the planes were ahead of time, for fair winds were bearing them northward on a favoring tide.
“Give me the weather reports.”
Each airport vaunted its fine weather, clear sky, and clement breeze. The mantle of a golden evening had fallen on South America.MoreLess
The telephonist was busily slipping his plugs into the standard and noting the telegram...s in a bulky register. Rivière sat down and read them.
All that he read, the Chile episode excepted, told of one of those favored days when things go right of themselves and each successive message from the airports is another bulletin of victory. The Patagonia mail, too, was making headway; all the planes were ahead of time, for fair winds were bearing them northward on a favoring tide.
“Give me the weather reports.”
Each airport vaunted its fine weather, clear sky, and clement breeze. The mantle of a golden evening had fallen on South America.MoreLess
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