"
The latter official, as though fascinated by what he read there, never
ventured to remove his watchfulness from the face of the engineer, yet
he smiled grimly.
"Then I 'll have to trouble you to trot out the Swede, Hicks," he said,
a distinct command in his voice. "After he 's here we 'll get down to
business."
It was fully five minutes before the fellow arrived, his movements slow
and reluctant. From his language, expressing his feelings freely to
Mike and Brown, who were engaged in urging him forward, it was evident
he experienced no ambition to appear in the limelight. The four men
waiting his coming remained motionless, intently watchful of one
another. As the slowly moving Swede finally approached, Hayes ventured
to remove his eyes from Winston just long enough to scan swiftly the
mournful countenance, that single glance revealing to him the character
of the man. The latter gazed uneasily from one face to another, his
mild blue eyes picturing distress, his fingers pulling aimlessly at his
moustache.
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