Chapter Forty-Four
Return to London – a reconciliation – blackbirds? – Roldo’s plans, interrupted
The Great England buzzed through the darkening sky over London. The houses below were becoming more numerous and the air hazy with smoke. More aeroplanes were becoming visible as they approached the metropolis.
Their passage had been a slow one. Their aerial duel with the Beavers’ flying machine had apparently caused serious damage to the craft, necessitating several landings for Roldo to perform repairs. Janet thought that it might have been faster to take a train, but hadn’t ventured this opinion to the increasingly red-faced Roldo.
Janet turned to Gruffydd, who sat in a makeshift harness in the tail section. “I am sorry,” she said.
“If we are all to die,” Gruffydd said, “I don’t expect
