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" You should . Next time you 're in Town
take you round the pubs where most
" Thanks , " he said . " If ever my missus
up on that .
" Ever been to Fleet Street ? " asked Bawley .
" I shall be busy for a while , cleaning up after
lying in pairs alongside the jetty at Fort Blockhouse .
" I don't know when that will be , " said John .
Black and grimly businesslike they both looked and
Glad I met you . Don't forget to give me a ring -
Master bloody Munyard . " THERE were six submarines ,
charged their electric batteries .
sounded , for all of them were rumbling as they
any time - knock twice and ask for Bawley , what ? "
a substantial breakfast . Although usually a very
Turton noticed its existence as they sat in silence over
talkative lady Madeleine respected her husband's
through the open windows of the Captain's house . It
A light wind wafted the smoke of diesel exhaust in
pervaded every room but neither Harry nor Madeleine
silences , for she knew they betokened a worry of
some sort .
affair of Parsifal . Harry had lost a good deal of weight .
There had been many such breakfasts lately since the
but she could see that it no longer came naturally .
to experience such catastrophes as the loss of a submarine ,
It is the common lot of all Squadron Senior Officers
His normal placid and steady-going manner remained ,
far between .
though in peace time these happenings are few and
This is the testing time for all . The affair blows up into
usual and in fact had applied all the usual specifics
must present an unruffled appearance and carry on as
written letters to the bereaved , had visited many in the
locality , had been interviewed by the Press , had driven
must continue as before . During this period the Captain
a national disaster and then when it is all over life
if nothing unusual has happened . Harry Turton had
suitable for such occasions .
his surviving submarines a good deal harder than
Jeannie 'll be on that coach , Dan . "
thinking what a skill he had for reading
near me . " Yes , " I said . " It 'll be here to-
He rode down to where I was waiting . I was
for a hold-up as any , " he said , reining in
my mind . " This would be as good a place
morrow as likely as not . " I paused . " Miss
in it . "
But I reckon they 'll be too busy shooting at
in , Johnny . " " I know . But if lead starts
" Yes , " he said . " I know . " " No harm must come
to her , Dan . " " She 'll be all right . It 's the
men who 'll be after that coach I 'm interested
flying she might be in danger . " " That 's so .
us to bother with the coach and the folks
turned the conversation . " Let 's ride over
giving me one of his strange looks . Then he
and have a look at the mining camp .
" Maybe , " I said . " But we 've got to remember
working for , as well as the townsfolk and
of responsible for her . " " Of course , " he said ,
that girl all the time , Dan . I feel kind
the agency detective . "
After all it 's them we 're supposed to be
I said . I watched him because I was always
Dead . Shuffled out of the deck . Blasted
last night . "
With something of a start I remembered the
down with a shotgun outside the Palace
" Maybe you don't know about Appleton ,
tried to surprise him . " Dead ? " he said . " Yes .
Dan ? " " Know what ? " " That he 's dead , "
man who 'd brought us into this business .
fascinated by the way he looked when you
leading to the ridge . I followed . From the
mining camp , " he said abruptly . He wheeled
Marshal , " I added . His face was fixed ,
country that lay all round Gilburg Crossing .
" Fenton or Somers , " he said . " Or the Town
unreadable as a rock . " Let 's get over to the
top you could see something of the wild hill
his horse back off the trail and up the slope
miles . The real high country of the Rockies
The air was fresh and clear and you
could see far over west and north for many
a vast stretch of hills , canyons , buttes and
malpais .
lifted up in the distance like a pale water-
colour drawing . Between us and that lay
into draws , circling a big mesa by a
the horses and drank enough to cure our
got hotter as the day wore on and we rested
cut the trail leading from Gilburg to the north . "
" The mine-workings lie north of the town , "
So we swung west , making slow going over
rough country , sliding on shale , climbing down
gratefully by a small creek where we watered
said Dan . " If we head west we ought to
four or five mile valley , sandy-floored . It
thirst .