“I didn’t like it so much, either.”
“I know how you feel.”
Bervick doubted that, but said nothing.
Hodges decided to build a fourth story. The house of cards collapsed promptly. “Damn,” said Hodges and he did not rebuild.
Bervick looked at his watch. “I’d better get some sleep,” he said. “See you in the morning.”
“Yeah, see you.”
Evans was singing to himself when Bervick came into the wheelhouse. The man at the wheel looked sleepily out to sea.
“Fix the ventilator?”
“Yes.”
“Have much trouble with it?”