Chapter III: Part 3

Avery, too, bowed his head for a moment, fierce triumph fading from his face; then he strode down the floor to the stage as the throng moved in orderly departure to the doors around the room, a man here and there following him.

Tim Daneshaw grasped Sam Wyckoff's hand with a quick, friendly shake. "_Grow old along with me, The best is yet to be_," he quoted musingly; and both men followed the little line leading the way to Avery and action.