"Me? Strictly bachelor."
Groating laughed. "Unfortunate, but excellent for tonight. Come, let's
hurry."
* * * * *
We took the pneumatic to headquarters and let me tell you, stuff began
to fly, but high! Before we were there ten minutes, three companies
were reported ready for duty. It seemed to satisfy the controller, but
it didn't satisfy me. I said: "Three's not enough. Make it five."
"Five hundred men? You're mad."
I said: "I wish it could be five thousand. Look, we've knocked our
brains out digging through a thousand years for this clue. Now that
we've got it I don't want us to muff the chance."