"Thanks," said General Sanders. "I hope the Pentagon will look at it the same way—but I doubt it!"
"We've got a problem, too, General," Cowles pointed out. "When everything's said and done, there's absolutely no charge we can file against Smith."
"But he just can't walk away—not with all he—or that miserable Eddie—knows about the X-15!"
Cowles smiled faintly.
"I would imagine that Eddie now belongs to the Air Force."
"We'll break the damn thing up for scrap!"
The General's intercom buzzed. An aide's voice said apologetically:
"That Dr. Smith is calling you again, Sir."
"Tell him to go to hell!"
A few seconds later, the intercom buzzed again.