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"Speed zero," the watch officer notified thee

"Anchor away"

Dover acknowledged, then sat on a stool, cupped his hands around the coffeeand looked directly at Pitt

"Okay, what do you see?"

"I have the ship we're looking for," Pitt said, speaking slowly and distinctly "There are no other possibilities You were mistaken in one respect, Dover, but correct in another Mother Nature seldoht line for several hundred feet Consequently, the outline of a ship can be detected against an irregular background You were right, though, in saying our chances were nil of finding it on the seafloor"

"Get to the point," Dover said impatiently

"The target is on shore"

"You rounded in the shallows?"

"I h and dry"

"You can't be serious?"

Pitt ignored the question and handed Dover the lass

"See for yourself" He took a pencil and circled a section of cliffs above the tineline

Dover bent over and put his eye to the glass "All I see is rock"

"Look closer The projection from the lower part of the slope into the sea"

Dover's expression turned incredulous "Oh, Jesus, it's the stern of a ship!"