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He called softly to agent Lyle Brock, aspost seven onboard, the boat "Hey, Lyle Can you hear me?"

A voice replied slightly above a whisper "What do you want?"

"How about a cup of coffee froalley?"

"The next post change is in twenty et a cup when you come onboard and take my place"

"I can't wait twenty minutes," Polaski protested mildly "I'm already soaked to the bones"

"Tough You'll have to suffer"

Polaski knew that Brock couldn't leave the deck under any circuood-naturedly "Wait till you want a favor from me"

"Speaking of favors, I forgot where I go from here"

Polaski gave a quizzical look at the figure in the shadows on the Eagle's deck "Look at your diagram, numb brain"

"It got soggy and I can't read it"

"Post eight is fifty yards down the bank"

"Thanks"

"If you want to knohere post nine is it'll cost you a cup of coffee," Polaski said, grinning

"Screw you I remember that one"

Later, during the next post change, the agents merely waved as they passed each other, two indistinct forms in the mist