Channing blinked when he saw the light in the room where the solar
intake tubes were. He hastened forward to find Wes Farrell making some
complex measurements and juggling a large page of equations. Farrell
looked up and grinned sheepishly.
"Couldn't sleep," he explained. "Wanted to do just one more job, I
guess."
Channing nodded silently.
Arden said: "Don't kid anybody. Both of you want to know why a fuse
should blow on a dead line."
Farrell grinned and Channing nodded again. "I--" started Channing, but
turned as the door opened.
"Thought we'd find you here," said Barney Carroll. Jim Baler added: "We
got to arguing as to how and why a fuse should blow on an empty line
and decided to ask you."
Arden squinted at Jim. "Did it ever occur to you that we might have
been in bed?"
Barney grinned. "I figured if we were awake from wondering about it, so
would you-all. So--"