fast. All otherpumps in good order."
Hall broke into a big smile. He walked back to where Troy and Alecwere struggling out of their pressure suits.
In the distance, the director's copter was lifting from the ground andheading towards the riverbank. A few minutes later, while a new pumpwas being lowered into the bore hole, the copter took off en route toSpokane. The two junior engineers were aboard. When it landed atRegion Six heliport, Alec jumped from the ramp and ran to the nearestbuilding. He found a vidiphone and called home.
Carol's worried face appeared and then lighted when she saw herhusband.
"Honey," Alec said, "You can go ahead and bathe the kid now."
He came out of the building to find Troy waiting. They grinned at eachother. At that moment, Supervisor Morley Wilson came hurrying by.
"All right you two," he snarled, "so you've solved one little problem.Remember, you've got just nine days left to give me an answer on thosenew production units." He hurried away.
Troy gazed at Wilson's departing back.
"That's what I like about working for DivAg," he murmured. "Nothingever changes."
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