DAVE INNES came back to Sari. He may have been gone a week, or he may have been gone for years. It was still noon. But Perry had completed his aeroplane. He was very proud of it. He could scarcely wait to show it to Dave Innes. "Does it fly?" asked Innes. "Of course it flies," snapped Perry. "What good would an aeroplane be which did not fly." "None," replied Innes. "Have you flown it yet?" "No, of course not. The day of the first flight is going to be epochal in the annals of Pellucidar. Do you think I'd fly it without you being here to see?.