chapter 23 first business

The blazing welding light started and stopped. After about five minutes, Edgar Austin put down the welding tongs, grabbed the welded gear with his left hand wearing protective gloves, and put it into the precision electronic scale tray.

Chance and Lola Gellar followed, and Julianna and the staff of the Archaeological Bureau also followed. All four pairs of eyes fell on the gears that Edgar Austin had welded. They were first curious, then surprised, and finally amazed.

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