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"When one loves one's work, ti"

"True" Sandecker turned and nodded to a little gno in one corner of the office "Mr John Vogel, may I present Commander Rudi Gunn"

"Of course, Co "I was one of the many millions who followed your Lorelei Current Expedition every day in the newspapers You're to be congratulated, Coreat achievement"

"Thank you," Gunn said

Sandecker gestured to anotheron the couch "And my Special Projects Director, Dirk Pitt"

Vogel nodded at the swarthy face that crinkled into a smile "Mr Pitt"

Pitt rose and nodded back "Mr Vogel"

Vogel sat down and pulled out a battered old pipe "Mind if I smoke?"

"Not at all" Sandecker lifted one of his Churchill cigars out of a humidor and held it up "I'll join you"

Vogel puffed the bowl into life and then sat back and said, "Tell me, Admiral, was the cornet discovered on the bottom of the North Atlantic?"

"Yes, just south of the Grand Banks off Newfoundland" He stared at Vogel speculatively "How did you guess that?"

"Elementary deduction"

"What can you tell us about it?"

"A considerable ah-quality instrument, crafted for a professional musician"

"Then it's not likely it ned by an a Giordino's words on the Sappho I