“Oh, there’s the bell!” she exclaimed. “Time for class. Think of dropping this discovery just like that.”
“It’s not dropped.”
Danny dragged out a tall stack of papers. “I’ll still be working on that when you’re fast asleep.”
“Danny, you’re a treasure!” she exclaimed, giving his hand a quick squeeze.
“It’s all part of the game,” he grinned. “We’ll be famous, both of us, and your old friend C. K., as well.”
The hour was striking midnight when at last Danny stacked the papers in a neat pile.
“Got it!” he breathed. “It’s the berries. Can’t be any mistake about that. We’re really making progress. But we’ve still got a long way to go.”
That very night one more major problem brought Sally’s radio experimentation to an abrupt halt.
She returned to her room, after her late hour of study, to find Barbara sitting in her bed staring gloomily at the floor.
“What’s the matter?” she asked. “Been caught out of bounds, or something?”