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This is certainly a unique way to contribute to the war effort

It is also troubling at a moral level TheHe doesn’t think it will happen in a week’s time, but he admits he knows very little He’s not a doctor in any real sense of the word, just aand pinching and scalding and cheular operation of the Topaz

So between thester into a drug addict For the war effort

Lieutenant Coe

“Sergeant, I thought you ht like to know that we are just south of Capri, twenty-four et”

She’s been expecting this She nods

“We are far closer to the Italian coast than we should like under nor that Jerry’s eye is focused on the fighting in Sicily and that he has few planes or boats to spare looking for subs It’s night and the er before subet you and yourchargeashore, subain, and creep away I’d say that you should be ready to go in half an hour”

“Yes, sir I’ll be ready”

He looks at her with some affection “You’ve done well this last week It can’t have been easy Unfae”

Rainy sently touches the latest submarine-inflicted bruise on her forehead “In another week I would have the hang of it”

“I’m certain you would But there is a rather delicateashore in mufti You understand that if Jerry or the Eye-ties capture you out of uniform they will likely treat you as a spy”

“Yes”

He seems taken aback by her one-word answer “Theput ashore in the vicinity of Salerno is a very dangerous thing The Gestapo are brutes but not stupid If they take you or Mr Smith alive”

Rainy is aware now of a hush on the bridge It’s never a chatty place, but there is now that hard-to-define feeling that all ears are eavesdropping

“Commander, I’ve been issued a suicide pill”