"About time, slowpoke."
"Really, it was not his fault," objected Wes. "I wanted to check the scanner-synchronization."
"He's precious," chortled Arden in Don's ear. "He wouldn't think of letting Walt—the big bum—take the blame for anything that wasn't Walt's fault."
"That's a good line," grinned Don. "Walt's faults. After we set this thing aside as a finished project, we'll set that 'Walt's faults' to music. Ready, Walt?"
"Right. I am now slipping the block into the cabinet. The door is closed. Have you got the preliminary synchronizing signal in tick?"
Channing called: "Wait a minute, I'm lagging a whole cycle."
"Cut your synchronization input and let the thing catch up."
"O. K. Um-m-m—Now, Walt."
"Has anyone any last words to say?" asked Walt.
No answer.