Watters woke with a start as the messages scrambled through his brain. What had he left undone? He rummaged through his memory, from Alexander MacGillivray to Katy and Ted Houghton. There was something he had forgotten. What was it?
Alexander MacGillivrayThat cylindrical fire-making device! He had told Beaumont about it, but in the confusion, he had forgotten that he still had it in his inside breast pocket. Swearing, Watters rose to his feet, for he knew that he had to show the thing to all Beaumont"s factory managers, or they would not know what to look for.
"Damn it all to buggery!" Watters poured cold water from the pitcher into the ewer for a brisk wash. He was still unshaven, but that could not be helped. Ignoring the seaman"s canvas, Watters dressed as respectably as he could, sli
