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Giordino adjusted the sonar to a range of one hundred meters, but with the Sea Nymph far above the lakebed, his lanced at a digital fathoood place to drop the car keys over the side”

“The loch is narrow, yet quite deep” Pitt dialed up the thruster speed With a thin prow for improved hydrodynamics, the Nyated by the digitalone eye on the video feed for potential lake traffic

They hadn’t traveled far when he spotted McKee Manor along the northern shore, and he reduced power Farther ahead, he saw the lights of another vessel sailing away on the sa

“The site is ahead on the south shore,” Pitt said “I’d like to see how they are loading their tankers”

“Roger that I’ll keep our belly fro the bottom”

As Pitt angled the submersible toward the southeastern shoreline, he kept his eyes on the videowas all but invisible The floating dock appeared as a black line on the water, and Pitt headed toward it He reduced speed and nudged the Nyuide them

“Botto under a hundred feet”

The sonar reading froe of the lake bottoled on the Nyhts, which revealed a reen water

“So hlands water in my Scotch whisky”

“It’s the peat in the soil The saives your whisky that smoky flavor is also in the water”

“Tastes better than it looks” He tapped a finger on the sonar screen “Just passed a target of some sort off to the left Depth at thirty meters”

Pitt glanced at the screen A linear shadoith a rounded end signified an object protruding froet and descended, leveling off when the bottoet appeared beneath the floodlights

“A boat,” Giordino said “And a nice one at that”

Even covered in silt, the object carried the rakish figure of a large speedboat Pitt dren its length, allowing the thrusters to bloay some of the sediment, then hovered over it for a better look Cleared of its any Polished brass fittings still gleahts

“Nice ride for these parts,” Giordino said