"Then I suggest we have ham and eggs, at once," he said. "Or would you prefer a steak?"
"I think I'll have both!"
s they walked into the lunch-room, Kendrick told her of the banquet in his honor Cor had promised for that night.
"I guess I didn't miss much," he ended.
"You certainly didn't!" she assured him, with a smile. "It would have opened with a purée of split-molecule soup, continued with an entrée of breaded electrons, and closed with an ionic café."
He laughed.
"I'm just as well satisfied. I was unable to attend! Humble as it is, I think this will prove to be much more wholesome food."
Night had fallen by the time they left the lunch-room. Glancing at his watch, Kendrick saw that they still had better than a half-hour before the limited was due, so they betook themselves to the police station.