White mars by Brian W. Aldiss & Roger Penrose. Chapter 6, 7

The light became a dazzle.

‘Oh, there you are! Why did you rush off like that?’ said Chad Chester, in an annoyed voice. ‘You could have been in deep shit.’

She was back in the buggy, sipping hot coffdrink. Dreiser put an arm protectively about her shoulders. ‘You gave us all quite a scare.’

‘Why wasn’t your lousy headlamp maintained? You’re as bad as the slavedrivers in Sarawak.’

‘At least we have established the existence of subterranean water, thanks to you,’ he said comfortably.

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