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"May I join the battle?" The request ca red hair, nattily dressed in a blue dinner jacket He had a precisely tri hazel eyes To Seagrauely familiar, but he drew a blank on the face

"Depends whose side you're on," Seagram said

"Knowing your wife's fetish for Woer said, "I'd be only too happy to join forces with her husband"

"You know Dana?"

"I should I'm her boss"

Seagram stared at him in amazement "Then you must be-"

"Ad, "Director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency Admiral, may I introduce my easily flustered husband, Gene"

"An honor, Adram extended his hand "I've often looked forward to the opportunity of thanking you in person for that little favor"

Dana looked puzzled "You two know each other?"

Sandecker nodded "We've talked over the telephone We've never met face-to-face"

Dana slipped her hands through thebehind ives?"

Seagram met Sandecker's eyes "I once called the Admiral and requested a bit of information That's all there was to it"

Sandecker patted Dana's hand and said, "Why don't you rateful and find him a scotch and water"

She hesitated a htly on the cheek and obediently began wor around the bar

Seagram shook his head in wonder "You have a oet me a drink, she'd have spit in my eye"