"It would depend on the ground," he answered after a minute.
"I'd want to fly over it before I could tell exactly.

If it was soft sandy for instance--" (Bland would have snickered at that, knowing what reason Johnny had for realizing the disadvantages of soft sand as a landing place.) "But the topography looks very practicable for the purpose." (Nothing like talking up to your audience.

Johnny was proud of that sentence.) "All right.

We'll lay that aside for further investigation.

I'm glad you have the plane out here away from every one.