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"No, sir"

Prevlov's brows raised "Are you suggesting that it belong to the American vessel?"

"That's their guess, sir" Marganin placed two more pictures in front of Prevlov "They examined earlier photos from another reconnaissance satellite As you can see by co on a course away froed its altitude at ten feet and its speed at less than fifteen knots"

"Obviously avoiding our radar security," Prevlov said

"Do we alert our agents in Aanin

"No, not yet I don't want to risk their cover until we are certain what it is the Americans are after"

He straightened the photographs and slipped thea atch "I've just ti else, Lieutenant?"

"Only the file on the Lorelei Current Drift Expedition The American deep-sea submersible was last reported in fifteen thousand feet of water off the coast of Dakar"

Prevlov stood up, took the file and shoved it under his ar in it that concerns naval security Still, it shouldLeave it to the Ae and wonderful projects"

5

"Damn, da in aroundtable and stared dejectedly at her reflection in the e is a form of leprosy?"

Seagram came up behind her, pulled back her hair, and kissed the soft, exposed neck "Thirty-one on your last birthday and already you're running for senior citizen of the month"

She stared at him in the mirror, bemused at his rare display of affection "You're lucky; men don't have this problem"

"Men also suffer froe and crow's-feet "What makes women think we don't crack at the seams, too?"

"The difference is, you don't care"