"Is this just your usual wet-blanket talk, or do you really want to know?"
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As I speculated before Ed became guarded, Roswell Bounce could have meant the question in two ways: innocent amazement of the fact or cynical skepticism of Ed Addle's bloviating explanation of humidity within Æther. Ed knows Roswell better than I do (having just met him a paragraph ago) so he has experience of Roswell's participation in these discussions as being "wet-blanket talk." Characterizing Roswell this way gives the reader insight into Roswell's reaction seeing that he's a "person who spoils other people's fun by failing to join in with or by disapproving of their activities."
Of course Ed could, if he wasn't just blowing turds out of his mouth, just answer the question simply by saying, "Yes, of course there is a U.S. Bureau for this information!" But since he chooses not to say that, we have to assume he's trying to deflect the critical question and turn everybody against Roswell.
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