“Not exactly. How did you know?”
“I knew before you did, Hodge. After all, we’re not strangers. All right. How long do you want to stay?”
“Four days.”
“That’s long for a first trip. Don’t you think you’d better try a few sample minutes?”
“Why? Ive seen you and Ace go often enough and heard your accounts. I’ll take care of myself. Have you got it down fine enough yet so you can invariably pick the hour of arrival?”
“Hour and minute,” she answered confidently. “What’ll it be?”
“About midnight of June 30, 1863,” I answered. “I want to come back on the night of July Fourth.”
“Youll have to be more exact than that. For the return, I mean. The dials are set on seconds.”
“All right, make it midnight going and coming then.”
“Have you a watch that keeps perfect time?”