"They were going to set off X-Bomb; when they do, everything will go to pieces. Or everything has already."
"What dreadful news! May I inquire, Captain, when you have learned where you are—what do you intend to do?"
"Why, live here, of course!"
"No, no—try to understand. You could not conceivably fit in here with us."
Captain Webber glanced at the motionless people. "Why not?" Then he shouted, "What is this place? Where am I?"
Mr. Greypoole smiled.
"Captain, you are in a cemetery."
"Good work, Peterson!"
"Thanks, sir. When we all got back and Friden didn't know where you'd gone, well, we got worried. Then we heard you shouting."