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"Al lied I prefer it pure black with grounds on the bottom of the cup"

"I'uess I was taken in by a practical joker"

"You're not the first," he said, staring out the door of his office

Giordino was seated with his feet on Yaeger's desk, devouring the last slice of a pizza while he studied a detailed topographic map of a shoreline

Yaeger sat with bloodshot eyes ai notes on a pad He did not have to Turn as Pitt and Lily entered the room He could see their reflections in the screen

"We've h," he said with some satisfaction

Pitt asked, "What have you got?"

"Instead of concentrating on every nook and cranny south froed down to Maine and began looking for a match-up of his la

nding description"

"And it paid off," Pitt said in anticipation

"Yes If you'recall, Rufinus wrote that after they deserted Venator, they were battered by stor a safe bay where they could eoars Then the ship drifted for an unspecified nu up in the Greenland fjord"

Yaeger stopped and called up a chart of the American side of the North Atlantic on the ers nimbly punched out a series of codes A s southward froed path around Newfoundland, past Nova Scotia and New England, ending at a point slightly above Atlantic City

"New Jersey?" muttered Pitt, puzzled

"Baht over the topographic map and laid it on a table Then he circled a section of the coast with a red marker

"Baat Bay, New Jersey?" Pitt repeated