"She's being held for questioning, Dan," Jim replied.
Dan turned to Professor Corbett. "Alan, that means we've got to act fast. What's the report from the others?"
Jim outlined the progress that had been made since the night of the raid on the farmhouse. Together with Professor Corbett, they went over the details of the new outposts of the Rebel groups. They counted up the number of weapons possessed by each individual group, and checked and rechecked the positions that each group and each individual was to hold on the day of the raid.
Jim told Dan of the positions that the four volunteers had obtained within Dreamtown, and Dan wrote out detailed instructions for them to follow on the day of the raid.
"Get these instructions to Mike and the others within four days," Dan ordered. "Wednesday of next week."
"This whole thing," Professor Corbett said, "depends on our ability to coordinate our actions. If there is one slip anywhere along the line the whole thing will fall to pieces. Jim, you and the other runners have an important job on your hands. You've got to get this information to all the outposts and to the four men in the city by Monday. That will give everyone a day to prepare before Wednesday."
Jim took the sheets of paper from Dan, folded them, and placed them in the inside pocket of his jacket.
"What are your plans for getting Nancy out?" Jim asked.
Dan answered him. "In Mike's instructions, I explained that he was to open the Detention Plant and release Nancy and any of our other people that might be there. He'll tell them what they're to do. If he hears of anything happening before that time, we've got to depend on Mike to be able to save her."
"But if—," Jim began.