{"product_id":"2940012974525","title":"KING OF THE AIR Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e             CHAPTER                                    PAGE\u003cbr\u003e                  I. Mr. Greatorex is Astonished           9\u003cbr\u003e                 II. Herr Schwab                          20\u003cbr\u003e                III. Tom makes Experiments                34\u003cbr\u003e                 IV. A Prisoner in Zemmur                 51\u003cbr\u003e                  V. Off the Barbary Coast                63\u003cbr\u003e                 VI. Salathiel ben Ezra                   81\u003cbr\u003e                VII. The Hills of Zemmur                  98\u003cbr\u003e               VIII. The Swordsmith of Ain Afroo         116\u003cbr\u003e                 IX. A Bolt from the Blue                133\u003cbr\u003e                  X. The Kasbah                          148\u003cbr\u003e                 XI. Prison Breakers                     167\u003cbr\u003e                XII. A Hitch                             182\u003cbr\u003e               XIII. Diplomacy                           196\u003cbr\u003e                XIV. The Troglodytes                     218\u003cbr\u003e                 XV. View Halloo!                        233\u003cbr\u003e                XVI. Icarus                              248\u003cbr\u003e               XVII. Compliments and Thanks              262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                         LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    “He clutched at the grapnel, let go his hold\u003cbr\u003e      of the mast, and swung clear”                             79\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    “His sword flew from his grasp, and he reeled\u003cbr\u003e      dizzily to the ground.”                                  130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    “Tom, seizing a big stone, threw it with all his\u003cbr\u003e      force into the black room beneath”                       187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    “Abdul bent over the brink and smartly rapped his\u003cbr\u003e      knuckles with the butt of Tom’s revolver”                222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKING OF THE AIR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I—MR. GREATOREX IS ASTONISHED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMr. John Greatorex was very wealthy, and very obstinate. He had made a\u003cbr\u003elarge fortune as a manufacturer of chemicals, but disclaimed any\u003cbr\u003eknowledge of chemistry. He had dabbled a little in mechanics, and was\u003cbr\u003econvinced that he possessed an accurate practical knowledge of its\u003cbr\u003eapplications. Consequently, when his new motor-car arrived, he saw no\u003cbr\u003enecessity to take a chauffeur with him on its trial spin. He was like a\u003cbr\u003echild with a new toy, jealous of participation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“My dear,” said Mrs. Greatorex, as she handed him his motor goggles,\u003cbr\u003e“are you sure you will not take Timothy? What if it breaks down?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“My _love_,” said Mr. Greatorex in his emphatic way, “I do not _want_\u003cbr\u003eTimothy. It will not break down. If it _does_, I flatter myself I am\u003cbr\u003e_competent_ to make any _necessary_ repairs. I shall be back at\u003cbr\u003eseven-thirty—in good time for dinner; and I _hope and trust_ the soup\u003cbr\u003ewill _not_ be cold.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe gave a preliminary _honk! honk!_ looking round with a smile that\u003cbr\u003eplainly said, “There! you see that _everything_ is in order!” Then he\u003cbr\u003esteered the car accurately down the drive to the road.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis house lying in the heart of the country, Mr. Greatorex did not fear\u003cbr\u003eto meet milestones in the shape of policemen with stop-watches, who\u003cbr\u003ewould take his number and afterwards confront him in court. In a minute\u003cbr\u003eor two the car was whirling along the road at a rate which, it is to be\u003cbr\u003efeared, gravely exceeded the speed limit. All went merry as a\u003cbr\u003emarriage-bell, and Mr. Greatorex was at the height of exhilaration and\u003cbr\u003esatisfaction, when, just as he was mounting the acclivity of Five Oaks\u003cbr\u003eBridge, without even a click in warning, the machine came to a dead\u003cbr\u003estop. Mr. Greatorex put the engine out of gear, then tried to start it\u003cbr\u003eby turning the starting handle; but finding this of no avail he clapped\u003cbr\u003eon the brake, skipped out of the car, removed his goggles and his\u003cbr\u003egloves, and set about making an examination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the other side of the bridge, sitting on the bank of the stream, was\u003cbr\u003ea boy, gazing with round eyes at a float that hung from a line attached\u003cbr\u003eto a long home-made rod of yew. He had heard the clatter of the\u003cbr\u003emotor-car as it came along the road; he was aware that the noise had\u003cbr\u003esuddenly ceased; but, being a lad of great concentration, he did not\u003cbr\u003egive a thought to what was happening out of sight at the further end of\u003cbr\u003ethe bridge. He had come out for an afternoon’s fishing; two or three fat\u003cbr\u003ecarp lay beside him on the bank; and noticing at this moment a slight\u003cbr\u003emovement of the float, he was soon oblivious of everything except the\u003cbr\u003efish on his hook.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079073939696,"sku":"2940012974525","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012974525_p0.jpg?v=1763575019","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012974525","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}