CHAPTER V.
THE FATAL FOUNTAIN AND END OF U-C 6.
I.
I was sunk a thousand fathoms deep in sleep.
Came a loud rap at my cabin door, the stab of electric light in my eyes, and a voice saying, "Signal, sir."
The messenger, seeing I was more or less awake, crossed the cabin and passed me a signal pad. Propping one eye open, I read—
"0348 Trout, XUB top."
"Thanks," I said, and the messenger vanished.