Tom was cut off by a sudden blast from the loud-speaker of the audioceiver.
"This is Commander Walters!" came a clear voice. "I accept your proposal, Miles. But I warn you, if anything has happened to those boys—"
"No, Commander!" yelled Tom. "It's a trap!"
" ... you will suffer for it," the voice continued.
"No use, Tom," said Roger. "The set was only on reception."
The two boys looked at each other and then across the control deck to the grinning faces of the twins, Quent and Ross Miles.
CHAPTER 20
"Ease her up a little more, Steve!"
Commander Walters stood at the viewport watching the mighty Polaris slide alongside the black ship toward the coupling devices that would lock the two ships together in space.