Terran Electric went down some more, and then Jim said: "Now?"
"Now," answered Don. "You too, Wes."
"Me too?" asked Walt.
"You continue to sell!"
"Oh-oh," said Wes. "Kingman is wild. He wants to know what's the matter with the market."
"Tell him that your end is all right, and that I. C. Preferred is still going down, but steady."
"O.K.," said Walt.
The hours went by, and Kingman became more and more frantic. I. C. Preferred would be reported at five hundred, but the Northern Landing Exchange said two-ten. Meanwhile, Terran Electric—
"Oh, lovely," said Don. "Beautiful. We've got us a reciprocating market now, better than Kingman's. When she's up at Terra, they're down at Canalopsis and Northern Landing—and vice versa. Keep it pumping, boys, and we'll get enough money to buy Kingman out."