That Which Hath Wings

"The AVION comes from Drancy." The speaker looked back at Margot as he focussed his binoculars. "It is not one of our Army machines, but a British monoplane built by your countryman and fitted with the invention whose usefulness we are here to test." He continued: "Should the OFFICIER-PILOTE in charge of the apparatus and who for the time being represents an enemy succeed in poising" he hesitated a bare instant "for a stipulated number of moments over the target those two lengths of white canvas approximating on the grass represent the target he scores a bull's-eye."He blinked a little, and before Franky's mental vision rose the aggregation of Government buildings near the CARREFOUR DES CASCADES, marked "MAGAZINS ET DEPÔTS" on Bædeker's maps.