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An ordnance officer will be here to-morrow with specifications , and your own knowledge will be invaluable . I 'd like to see Swallow again . He was so darned sure ! '' Wardlow turned up by the noon train , and they worked until dusk , when his partners left him to secure hands in Pittsburgh , while the good news spread among the men still at work . Penhallow rode home through the woods humming his old army songs -- a relieved and happy man . The Doctor waited a half-hour in vain , and after his noonday dinner was about to go out when Mrs. Penhallow was driven to his door . Somewhat surprised , he went back with her .