Presently he could count them.There were four and twenty. The first fleet of aeroplanes had come!Beyond appeared a yet greater glow.He swept round in a half circle, staring at this advancing fleet.It flew in a wedge-like shape, a triangular flight of giganticphosphorescent shapes sweeping nearer through the lower air.
I had then the precise image that still serves me as asymbol for all I wish to bring about, the image of an engineer buildinga lock in a swelling torrent--with water pressure as his... read more
