They searched
as diligently as two people possibly could; but somehow the doctor
knew, just because of the wrong choice that had been made, that
their search would be unsuccessful. He thought the matter over for a
few moments, and finally admitted to his three friends:
"I wonder if I haven't been a little silly? Why should I have been
so precious specific in impressing Rolla about the pyrites? Pshaw!
Almost any hard rock will strike sparks from flint!"
"Why, of course!" exploded Van Emmon. "Here--let's get busy and tell
Rolla!"
But it proved astonishingly difficult. The two women were in an
extraordinary condition now. They were continually on the alert. In
fact, the word "alert" scarcely described the state of mind, the
keen, desperate watchfulness which filled every one of their waking
hours, and caused each to remain awake as long as possible; so that
they invariably fell to sleep without warning. They could not be
caught in the drowsy state!
For they knew something about the bees which the four on the earth
did not learn until Billie had overheard Supreme giving some orders.
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