She obligingly raised Penny up as high as she could.
“Look fast,” she panted. “What do you see?”
“Not much of anything.”
“I can’t hold you forever,” Louise said, and released her hold. “Didn’t you see anything at all?”
“Just a lot of machinery.”
“Tools, you mean?”
“No, an electric motor and something which looked like it might be a pump. Oh, I get it now!”
“Get what?” demanded Louise.
“Why, the idea of this tower. It must be used as a pump house. I wondered how the lily pool was ever drained and this must be the answer.”
“You didn’t see any prisoners chained inside?” Louise teased.