"Oh," echoed Jim, winking at his side-kick.
"Don't you 'Oh' me," snorted Christine.
"Oh?" repeated Barney. "Okay, woman, we get it. Instead of the cold and the storm you'd prefer a nice warm climate like Venus?"
"It might be fun," she said evasively.
"Or even better," said Jim Baler to Barney Carroll, "we might visit Venus Equilateral."
Christine's evasive manner died. "Now," she said, "you've come up with a bright idea!"
Barney chuckled. "Jim," he said, "call Walt Franks and ask him if he has a girl for us?"
"He has quite a stock in his little black book," remarked Jim.
"We'll drop in quietly, surprise-like," announced Christine. "And if there's any little black book, I'll see that you two Martian wolves divide 'em evenly."
"Walt is going to hate us for this," chuckled Jim. "Accessories to the fact of his lost bachelorhood. Okay, Chris, pack and we'll—"