"There isn't any water, Mr. Jasperson."
"You idiot! There's got to be water."
"I couldn't find any, Mr. Jasperson."
"Davis!" he roared. "Davis, get me a glass of water!"
Davis looked out from the control room. "Get it yourself. This isn't the ship's dining room any more, Jasperson. I've got other things to do now than taking orders from you."
"But I don't know where it is!"
"All right. I'll get it for you this time and show you where it's kept, but after this you wait on yourself."
Leading the way to Rations, he opened a steel cupboard and reached in. Suddenly anxious, he groped about frantically, then cried, "But there isn't any water!"
Jasperson swallowed, with dry throat.
"There isn't any water?" he asked plaintively. "But I'm thirsty!"