Hehadtakenhisfirstwalkwithoutanyunfavourableresults，andOrlandodecidedfromthisthatthetimehadcomeforanexplanationofhisdeviceandhisrequirementsinregardtoit。SeatedtogetherinOswald’sroom，hebroachedthesubjectthus：”Oswald，whatisyourideaaboutwhatI’mmakingupthere?””Thatitwillbeasuccess。””Iknow；butitscharacter，itsuse?Whatdoyouthinkitis?””I’veanidea；butmyideadon’tfittheconditions。””How’sthat?””Theshedistoocloselyhemmedin。Youhaven’troom-””Forwhat?””Tostartanaeroplane。””Yetitiscertainlyadeviceforflying。””Isupposedso；but-””Itisanair-carwithanewandvaluableidea-theideaforwhichthewholeworldhasbeenseekingeversincethefirstaeroplanefounditswayupfromtheearth。Mycarneedsnoroomtostartinsavethatwhichitoccupies。Ifitdid，itwouldbebutthemodificationofahundredothers。””Orlando！”
AsOswaldthusgaveexpressiontohissurprise，theirtwofaceswereastudy：thefireofgeniusintheone；thelightofsympatheticunderstandingintheother。”Ifthiscar，nowwithinthreedaysofitscompletion，”Orlandoproceeded，”doesnotrisefromtheovalofmyhangarlikeabirdfromitsnest，andafterawideandcirclingflightdescendagainintotheselfsamespotwithoutanyswervingfromitsdirectcourse，thenhaveIfailedinmyendeavourandmusttakeabackseatwiththerest。Butitwillnotfail。I’mcertainofsuccess，Oswald。
AllIwantjustnowisasympathetichelper-you，forinstance；
someonewhowillaidmewiththefinalfittingsandholdhispeacetoalleternityiftheimpossibleoccursandthethingprovesafailure。””Haveyousuchprideasthat?””Precisely。””Somuchthatyoucannotfacefailure?””Notwhenattachedtomyname。YoucanseehowIfeelaboutthatbythesecrecyIhaveworkedunder。NootherpersonlivingknowswhatIhavejustcommunicatedtoyou。Everypartshippedherecamefromdifferentmanufacturingfirms；sometimesapartofapartwasallIallowedtobemadeinanyoneplace。Myfame，likemyship，mustrisewithoneboundintotheair，oritmustneverriseatall。
Itwasnotmadeforpettyaccomplishment，ortheslowploddingofcommonplaceminds。Imuststartle，orremainobscure。ThatiswhyIchosethisplaceformyventure，andyouformyhelperandassociate。”Youwantmetoascendwithyou。?””Exactly。””Attheendofthreedays?””Yes。””Orlando，Icannot。””Youcannot?Notstrongenoughyet?I’llwaitthen，-threedaysmore。””Thetime’stooshort。Amonthisscarcelysufficient。Itwouldbefolly，suchasyounevershow，totrustanervesounderminedasminetilltimehasrestoreditspower。Foranenterpriselikethisyouneedamanofreadystrengthandresources；notonewhoseconditionyoumightbeobligedtoconsiderataverycriticalmoment。”