Explore "Pursuit" by Lester Del Rey on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
She seemed surprised, but tried to smile. "I thought I left you asleep, Will," she said, in a tone that was meant to be bantering. "Smatter, the fuse blow?"
He accepted the excuse for his presence in the basement. "Yeah, it did. You left the iron on. I wondered what happened to you?"