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"Send hiht in"

He barely had ti, when Eh the door

"Jiot a hell of a problem" Emmett didn't bother with a preliminary handshake He quickly lain his briefcase on Sandecker's desk, opened it and handed the admiral a folder "Sit down and look this over, and then we'll discuss it"

Sandecker was not a man to be shoved and ordered around, but he could read the tension in Emmett's ey

es, and he did as he was asked without comment

Sandecker studied the contents of the folder for nearly tenEmmett sat on the other side of the desk and looked for an expression of shock or anger There was none

Sandecker rematic At last he closed the folder and said simply, "How can I help?"

"Find the Eagle"

"You think they sank her?"

"An air and surface search has turned up nothing"

"All right, I'll get my best people on it" Sandecker made a ative gesture

"I don't have to describe the chaos if this leaks out"

"I've never lied to my staff before"

"You'll have to keep them in the dark on this one"

Sandecker gave a curt nod and spoke into the intercoet Pitt on the phone"