"Yes, polar expeditions are usually that way."
"Wretched man, to pun about a human life in peril!" The lineman was sitting on one of the cross beams, and Evelyn started ahead, Saxton following.
"Is that the overcoat?" she asked, over her shoulder.
"What overcoat?"
"The one that's in the newspapers. Aren't you the man in the gray ulster who runs the trolleys?"
"I've been too busy to read the papers, so I don't know."
"It might pay you to join a current topics class and learn what's going on."
"That presupposes a little knowledge. I'd never pass the entrance exams."
"You needn't be afraid, they probably carry a prep. department."