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"Just that, my dear Pitt This man was more or less killed twice Look at this" He pulled back Munk's shirt, exposing the nape of the neck There was a large purplish bruise at the base of the skull "The spinal cord just below the ata has been crushed Most likely by a blunt instrument of some kind"

"Then Woodson was right; Munk was murdered"

"Murdered, you say? Oh yes, of course, no doubt of it," Bailey said calh homicide were an everyday shipboard occurrence

"Then it would seem the killer struck Munk froainst the alternator housing to make it look like an accident"

"That's a fair assumption"

Pitt laid a hand on Bailey's shoulder "I'd appreciate it if you kept your discovery quiet for a while, Doc"

"Mum's the word; my lips are sealed and all that crap Don't waste another thought on it My report and testimony will be here when you need it"

Pitt smiled at the doctor and left the sick bay Hesalt water on

the stern ramp, climbed up the hatch ladder, and dropped down inside An instru the TV camera

"How does it look?" Pitt asked

"Nothing wrong with this baby," the technician replied

"As soon as the structural crew checks out the hull, you can send her back down"

"The sooner, the better," Pitt said He moved past the technician to the after end of the subore from Munk's injuries had already been cleaned fro

Pitt's ht broke away and uncoiled Not a thought really, rather an unreasoning certainty that soer toward Munk's ured it would take him an hour or more, but the fates were kind He found what he knew he must find within the first ten minutes

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