“Now,” says I, “what d’you calc’late he was talkin’ about?”
“Haven’t any idee,” says Binney.
“Power-houses,” says Tallow, “and havin’ to have things, because if you haven’t got ’em you are that much short, and if you got to have ’em and you hain’t got ’em, why, you hain’t got somethin’ that you can’t git along without. That’s about it, hain’t it?”
“You don’t say it so’s it’s very clear,” says I.
“Maybe you kin do better,” says he.
“I hain’t sayin’ so,” says I. “But there’s somethin’ important mixed up in it.”
“Yes,” says Mark. “Zadok always knows what he’s t-t-talkin’ about.”
“Pervidin’ he’s talkin’ about anything at all,” says I.
“But he was,” says Mark, “and I’m goin’ to f-f-find out all I kin about p-power-stations, and see how they match up with havin’ to have what you can’t git along w-w-without.”
“And you better see about sellin’ them bowls and things,” says Tallow. “Perty soon we’ll have the warehouse cram full, and then what?”