They all had things to do when they arrived. It was obvious that this 
suite would act as local headquarters of some sort when the rebellion began in 
earnest. They began to
bring up supplies on the freight elevator and seemed to spend a lot of time on 
the telephone. More arrived every hour, until Madame Ping's suite was playing 
host to between one and two dozen. Some of them were very tired and dirty and 
went to sleep in the bunks immediately.