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"Too sweet," said Giordino "Reminds me of licorice

"It also contains anisette" Rojas turned to Pitt "And you Mr Pitt

How do you taste it?"

Pitt held up the glass and studied it under the light "I'd say about two hundred proof"

North Americans never ceased to amaze Rojas All business one moment, complete jesters the next He often wondered how they built such a superpower

Then Pitt laughed his infectious laugh "Only kidding Tell your uncle if he ever exports it to the US, I'll be the first in line to distr

ibute it"

Flores thren his dividers and tapped a penciled box on the chart

"They were here at 03:10 yesterday "

Everyone moved back to the table and hovered over the chart

"All three were on converging courses all right," observed Gunn He took a s its buttons

"If I h estih, eighteen for the Cabo Gallegos, and twenty-two for the General Bravo" his voice trailed off as he e of the chart After several ures with a pencil "Not surprising the Chilean coal carrier didn't make visual contact She would have crossed the cruise liner's bow a good sixty-four kilometers to the east"

Pitt stared thoughtfully at the lines across the chart "The Mexican container ship, on the other hand, looks as if she h by no more than three or four kilometers"

"Not surprising," said Rojas, "when you consider the cruise liner was running without lights"

Pitt looked at Flores "Do you'recall the phase of the moon, Captain?"