How long will it take you to get the machine in shape?
And can't you make arrangements with the owner of this field to leave it here for the present--and perhaps get him to keep an eye on it?
Wait.

You leave him to me.

I think he's a Jap, and I know Japs pretty well.

I'll go hunt him up and talk to him.

If we can run it under cover for a couple of days, all the better." He climbed into his car and went off down the road to where the roofs of several buildings showed just above a ridge.