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Sandecker switched on the phone and spoke into it again "This is Sandecker"

"Adtime secretary, Martha Sherman Her normally foroing to relay a call to you"

"Is it important?" he asked irritably "I'm not in the mood for official business"

"Believe me, you'll want to take this call," she informed him happily "One moment while I switch you over"

A pause, then, "Hello," said Sandecker "Who's this?"

"Goodfro around blue Hawaii?"

Sandecker was not the kind of man to tremble, but he trembled now and felt as if the deck had fallen froood Lord, is it you?"

"What's left of me," Pitt replied "I'm with AI and Maeve Fletcher"

"I can't believe you're all alive," Sandecker said as if an electrical surge was coursing through his veins

"AI said to save hiar"

"How is the little devil?"

"Testy because I won't let him eat"

"When we learned that you were cast adrift by Arthur Dorsett in the path of a typhoon, I moved heaven and earth to launch aarm of Dorsett frustrated my rescue efforts

After alht you were all dead Tell me how you survived all this time"

"A long story," said Pitt "I'd rather you brought ue"