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Brendon's good fortune continued after he had been taken on at the munition factory. The Superintendent, after questioning him, and finding he possessed sound knowledge of the care and installing of the big Rahl arc lights, whose peculiar rays were made use of in many parts of the factory, placed him under one of the special foremen in charge of them.
In this way, Brendon's duties took him into many different workshops, and by keeping his eyes and ears open, in three weeks he had learnt more about what was going on about him than in other circumstances he might have found out in six months.