"By God, it was Hoskins. Hoskins—what made you say that?"
The engineer did not move nor answer. Paresi shook his head hopelessly. "Another retreat. It's no use, Captain."
Anderson took a single step toward Hoskins, then obviously changed his mind. He shrugged and said, "All right. Something scuttled and Hoskins defined it. Let's accept that without reasoning it out. So who called up the spider?"
"You did."
"I did?"
In a startling imitation of the Captain's voice, Paresi quoted, "Don't sit there like Miss Muffet!"
"I'll be damned," said Anderson. "Maybe we'd all be better off saying nothing."
Paresi said bitterly, "You think it makes any difference if we say what we think?"
"Perhaps...."