Chapter 19: The Sealed Box

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌⁠Whatever the Aeroplane Lady thought to herself about the two in the Wing-room, there was no trace of it in her brisk greeting to Paul Dampier.

"I hope you haven't been waiting long?" she said. "I'm ready now."

Then she turned to her girl-assistant, who was once more laying the tacky strips of linen along the seams. "That's right," she said. "You can go straight on with that wing; that will take you