He came home raving to Leora, "I'll show 'em! Now they'll let me try test conditions, and then when the epidemic's over we'll hustle home. It'll be lovely to be cold again! Wonder if Holabird and Sholtheis are any more friendly now? Be pretty good to see the little ole flat, eh?"
"Yes, won't it!" said Leora. "I wish I'd thought to have the kitchen painted while we're away...I think I'll put that blue chair in the bedroom."
Though there was a decrease in the Plague at Carib, Sondelius was worried, because it was the worst center for infected ground squirrels on the island. He made decisions quickly. One evening he explained certain things to Inchcape Jones and Martin, rode down their doubts, and snorted:
"Only way to disinfect that place is to burn it—burn th' whole thing. Have it done b
