★ XI ★
When Bonniger had returned to the telephone in Virgil Longcope’s office, and Kettering to his camp, Neill locked himself in his room upstairs, and started to distribute the various articles he had bought for Janet about his person. He had not purchased everything in one place, but had picked it up at odd times during the day in the different stores about the village.
Women’s clothes were out of the question, so he had got her overalls, a shirt, a pair of sneakers. These he had to buy in sizes suitable for himself, and he grinned, thinking how Janet would look in them. In addition he had biscuits, cakes of chocolate, a couple of cans of meat, a bottle of soda water, a towel and soap, candles and batteries for the precious flashlight. When all this was stowed he appeared to have
