t in a ime. You did me a favor taking t—t;

    ting up noy about  at once to t it,  ough.

    ting out some spare engine parts to a requisitioning sergeant of the Guard, looked up briefly from his clipboard.

    quot;Balloon—too bad—requisitioned yesterday,quot; ;You can see  is. Ive got no c;

    er flicked ood w s.

    quot;?quot; he said.

    quot;to collect it ternoon.quot;

    quot;No, t,quot; said Lee, quot;because I y t trumps t;

    And aken from t, beside  ter, stopped  t of token, but for all  prevent a flicker of puzzlement passing over his face.

    quot;So ; said Lee, quot;and you can set some men to fill it. And I mean at once. And t includes food, and er, and ballast.quot;

    t t, o to tanks o supervise talk quietly.

    quot; t ring?quot; said Grumman.

    quot;Off a dead mans finger. Kinda risky using it, but I couldnt see anotting my balloon back. You reckon t sergeant suspected anyt;

    quot;Of course   question ts it at all, ime t it. ell, I promised you a wind, Mr.

    Scoresby; I .quot;

    t ill ain range over t tient for the air again.

    As to s and stoicular care; for in t turbulence t? ruments, too, o ttention, even te uselessly. Finally  for ballast.

    ing breeze, and tus straining against tout ropes anc do of o t. turned to t to give to let go.

    But before terruption. From t the

    t of command:

    quot;!quot;

    t t o Lee, and ;Let go! Cast off!quot;

    t tention on til