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"
Well
,
what
I
really
asked
you
about
was
the
oil
shortage
here
,
in
the
Institute
.
The
level
of
temperature
maintained
in
this
building
all
winter
was
outrageous
.
They
told
me
that
they
had
to
conserve
oil
.
Surely
you
could
have
seen
to
it
that
the
matter
of
keeping
this
place
adequately
supplied
with
such
things
as
oil
was
handled
more
efficiently
.
"
"
Oh
,
is
that
what
you
had
in
mind
,
Dr
.
Stadler
?
Oh
,
but
I
am
so
sorry
!
"
The
words
came
with
a
bright
smile
of
relief
on
Dr
.
Ferris
’
face
;
his
solicitous
manner
returned
.
"
Do
you
mean
that
the
temperature
was
low
enough
to
cause
you
discomfort
?
"
"
I
mean
that
I
nearly
froze
to
death
.
"
"
But
that
is
unforgivable
!
Why
didn
’
t
they
tell
me
?
Please
accept
my
personal
apology
,
Dr
.
Stadler
,
and
rest
assured
that
you
will
never
be
inconvenienced
again
.
The
only
excuse
I
can
offer
for
our
maintenance
department
is
that
the
shortage
of
fuel
was
not
due
to
their
negligence
,
it
was
—
oh
,
I
realize
that
you
would
not
know
about
it
and
such
matters
should
not
take
up
your
invaluable
attention
—
but
,
you
see
,
the
oil
shortage
last
winter
was
a
nation
-
wide
crisis
.
"
"
Why
?
For
heaven
’
s
sake
,
don
’
t
tell
me
that
those
Wyatt
fields
were
the
only
source
of
oil
in
the
country
!
"
"
No
,
no
,
but
the
sudden
disappearance
of
a
major
supply
wrought
havoc
in
the
entire
oil
market
.
So
the
government
had
to
assume
control
and
impose
oil
rationing
on
the
country
,
in
order
to
protect
the
essential
enterprises
.
I
did
obtain
an
unusually
large
quota
for
the
Institute
—
and
only
by
the
special
favor
of
some
very
special
connections
—
but
I
feel
abjectly
guilty
if
this
proved
insufficient
.
Rest
assured
that
it
will
not
happen
again
.
It
is
only
a
temporary
emergency
.
By
next
winter
,
we
shall
have
the
Wyatt
fields
back
in
production
,
and
conditions
will
return
to
normal
.
Besides
,
as
far
as
this
Institute
is
concerned
,
I
made
all
the
arrangements
to
convert
our
furnaces
to
coal
,
and
it
was
to
be
done
next
month
,
only
the
Stockton
Foundry
in
Colorado
closed
down
suddenly
,
without
notice
—
they
were
casting
parts
for
our
furnaces
,
but
Andrew
Stockton
retired
,
quite
unexpectedly
,
and
now
we
have
to
wait
till
his
nephew
reopens
the
plant
.
"
"
I
see
.
Well
,
I
trust
that
you
will
take
care
of
it
among
all
your
other
activities
.
"
Dr
.
Stadler
shrugged
with
annoyance
.
"
It
is
becoming
a
little
ridiculous
—
the
number
of
technological
ventures
that
an
institution
of
science
has
to
handle
for
the
government
.
"
