Just then the sounds of the sparks stopped.
"He's listening for the answer now," Jack chuckled.
"He'll know right off that the thing's dead."
"Sure he will."
"S-s-s-s-h."
They heard the door open and the man step out.
"Something's the matter with the blamed thing," $hey heard him mutter.
"You said it, old man," Jack whispered.
From the sounds they judged that he was feeling for the lead-in wire and they were, for a moment, filled with apprehension lest he find the break for they knew it would take only a slight yank to pull either end from the insulator. Soon, however, their fears were relieved as they heard him mutter: "Must be something on the inside. Everything seems to be all right out here." Then the door shut as he passed in.
"Go to it," Jack whispered. "If you find it in there you're a whole lot better than I think you are."