He was drenched, battered, palpitating with excitement; but the majesty of success was in his eye and in the bearing of his incomparable figure. As Oswald bounded towards him, he reached out his hand, but his glance was for Doris. Yes," he went on, in tones of suppressed elation, "there's no flaw in my triumph. I have done all that I set out to do. Now -"
Why did he stop and look hurriedly back into the hangar? He had remembered Sweetwater. Sweetwater, who at that moment was stepping carefully from his seat in some remote portion of the car. The triumph was not complete.英文原著 · 《Initials Only》
He lies on my bed in there. Doris and her father are with him."
"We will not wait a minute. How the storm holds off. I hope it will hold off for another hour."
Mr. Challoner made no reply. He had spoken because he felt compelled to speak, but it had not been easy for him, nor could any trifles move him now. The town was up by this time and, though they chose the least frequented streets, they had to suffer from some encounters. It was a good half hour before they found themselves in the forest and in sight of the hangar.英文原著 · 《Initials Only》
Nothing was to be seen there. The darkness of storm in the heavens but nothing more.- Yes! now, a flash of vivid and destructive lightning! The two men drew back and their glances crossed. "Let us return to the highroad," whispered Sweetwater; "we can see nothing here."
Mr. Challoner, trembling very much, wheeled slowly about. "Wait," enjoined Sweetwater. "First let me take a look inside."
Running to the nearest tree, he quickly climbed it, worked himself along a protruding branch and looked down into the open hangar.英文原著 · 《Initials Only》
We found Charles Norton, the inventor, anxiously at work with his mechanicians in the big temporary shed that had been accorded him, and was dignified with the name of hangar.英文原著 · 《The Silent Bullet》
Kennedy continued to regard the tangled mass thoughtfully for some time, then locked the door, and we strolled back to the grand stand on our side of the field. Already the crowd had begun to collect. Across the field we could see the various machines in front of their hangars with the men working on them. The buzz of the engines was wafted across by the light summer breeze as if a thousand cicadas had broken loose to predict warm weather.英文原著 · 《The Silent Bullet》
"Detach your gyroscope and dynamo," it read. "Leave them in the hangar. Fly without them this afternoon, and see what happens. No use to try for the prize to-day. Kennedy."英文原著 · 《The Silent Bullet》
The jets are on the ground, the choppers are in the hangar, And the residences, Hamptons, the city apartment, Aspen, miami, the vineyard, all empty.美剧 · 《Billions》