Panting with exhaustion and excitement, Stern made his way back to the engine-room. It was a strangely critical moment when he seized the corroded throttle-wheel to start the dynamo. The wheel stuck, and would not budge.
Stern, with a curse of sheer exasperation, snatched up his long spanner, shoved it through the spokes, and wrenched.
Groani
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