Cal rode up the hill to the hotel, fuming. The other engineer had been insufferable and refused to talk to her. It took Captain Cully threatening to speak to the man's Captain to get him to look at the engine room at all. Then he had no advice beyond what Cal had already figured out.

Captain Cully was going to talk to the other captains and try to find a more suitable helper. He ordered her to go to the hotel, see her father and Pentam, and rest.

The cart let her off at the ...