"Whether the crash was due to the
negligence of Cadet Manning or something that happened on the ship."
"Then you really think the cadet may be responsible?" asked Loring
softly.
"He admits to negligence, and the _Annie Jones_ is a lot of evidence,"
said Stefens with a shrug, and walked out.
"There's our answer!" said Loring triumphantly. "Come on!"
"Where are we going?" asked Mason.
"We're going to have a little talk with our fall guy!"
"Ahhh, sit down, Roger," said Astro. "Everything will be O.K."
"Yeah," agreed Tom. "You're just wearing out the deck and your nerves
walking back and forth like that. Everything will be O.K." Tom tried
hard to keep any apprehension out of his voice.
"Nothing will make those two guys on the spaceship O.K.," said Roger. He
kicked viciously at a stool and sat down on the side of his bunk.
Since the crash, Roger had been confined to his quarters, with Tom and
Astro bringing him his meals. Tom had watched his unit-mate grow more
and more bitter over the turn of events and was afraid Roger would do
something rash.
The central communicator over the door suddenly buzzed, and the three
cadets waited for the announcement.
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