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on one side, causing the chute to slide a little in the sky, slide toward the sound of the other nightingale.

He deliberately did not think of landing. A parachute landing in strange country on a night as dark as this
was something better not thought about. The 'chute was a big, silent one, made for the army for this sort
of thing.
The landing wasn't bad. It did sprawl him out on flat ground, in a grasslike crop that was too tall and rank
for grass. He felt bearded heads on the stems and knew the crop was wheat. He had landed in a
wheat-stubble field.

The bomb navigator had done a wonderful jobтАФthey were actually supposed to land in a wheat-stubble
field. Flying a few hundred miles, blind most of the time, and dropping a parachutist in a designated wheat
fieldтАФthat was navigating.

Doc got out of the parachute harness. He gathered the 'chute together and tied it in a bundle with the
harness.

He imitated the call of a nightingale again. The nightingale was one of the few European birds which
exercises its vocal powers at all hours of the day and night, so its sound wouldn't be suspicious. Another
nightingale answered from close by.

тАЬAre you all right?тАЭ Doc asked.

тАЬYou'd think,тАЭ said Monk, тАЬthat as many parachute jumps as I've made, I could do one right.тАЭ

тАЬSomething wrong?тАЭ

тАЬHeck, I threw away the rip cord,тАЭ Monk said sheepishly. тАЬIn the army they laugh at you and then fine
you five dollars for doing that.тАЭ

тАЬIf someone should happen to find that rip cord, they would know a parachutist had landed.тАЭ

тАЬYeah. I remembered that too late. Depend on me to step on the cat's tail, first thing.тАЭ

Doc opened the lid of a pocket compass and consulted the luminous dial. тАЬThere should be a road west
of this field.тАЭ

тАЬI'm r'aring to go,тАЭ Monk said. тАЬSo far, this whole thing has been as queer as a hog with wings. I hope it
starts making sense.тАЭ



THEY found and followed the road. The road was not paved, and it climbed a hill, then went down to a
stone bridge, which was what it should do according to a map which Doc Savage had memorized in
England.

тАЬMind me talking about this?тАЭ Monk asked.

тАЬNo.тАЭ

тАЬThis the road?тАЭ