"She was none too good, but we'll have her through now. Come on in!"
"First tell Tommy that the Haywire Queen is on the landing deck and that they're to have anything they need if we have to kill the lens to give it to them!"
"I heard that, John," said Tommy, coming in the door. "It's done." He turned on his heel and left immediately.
John approached the bedside. "Enid," he said softly.
Enid's eyes fluttered. A wave of pain passed across her face and she tried to move. McBride looked at the doctor.
"Go ahead, John," said Doc.
"Enid. I'm here. It's John."
Enid opened her mouth, gasped once, and said in a very weak voice: "John? Here?"
"Nowhere else."
"But you ... were on ... Pluto—?"