So very sensibly I've decided to spare myself the nuisance of waiting to be killed. I came out." There was silence in the ear-phones of Joe's space suit radio. He heard his own heart beating loudly and steadily in the absolute stillness. "Incidentally," said Sanford with almost hysterical amusement, "I fixed it so that none of us can get back in. It would be useless, anyhow. Everything's futility.
Joe panted, "Plug the hole from the inside. Sit on it if you have to!" and slammed the door shut. They waited. Sanford's voice came in the ear-phones. It was higher in pitch than it had been. "You fools!" he raged. "It's useless! It's stupid to do useless things! It's stupid to do anything at all " There were sudden scuffling clankings. Joe swung about. The Chief and Sanford were struggling.
"That drumming, Elza! That's a microphone the big one they just erected near the instrument room. There's something coming! That's the magnified sound of some distant rush of air. Very faint sound, but they must have heard it on the ear-phones long ago. That microphone must have just been connected " Something coming? We could see nothing. "Let's go down, Jac! We must get back "
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