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“All right,” said Sao see if we can make Bako unhappy”

Tibor clapped his hand on Salad I lived to h so much since I was a kid”

Saet the truck to a place where we can see the yacht”

Tibor drove the the Danube and turned east After a fewinland a bit to avoid a row of old estates along the river When it swung back to the river, Tibor pointed “There See it?”

“The one with the high bridge?”

“That’s the one” It was sixty-five feet long, with an alu from davits in the stern

“All right,” Saear”

“I have nephews in the back of the truck I’ll get theed” He stopped the truck by the side of the road and opened the back, su men out, and let Saear

Saht and exa and attached it to his belt “We’ll drift with the river’s current When we get there you’ll have to hold the light so I can see what I’ on I’ll try to work quickly”

Re what you’re working on?”

“I kno much you like surprises But don’t surface no matter what Stay as deep as you can”

Tibor’s nephews helped Sao down a path to the water on the far side of the truck, where they couldn’t easily be seen from the yacht They put on their flippers and stepped backward into the dark water of the Danube As soon as there was enough water to cover theed

The big white yacht was at least a hundred yards froe of the channel where hters traveled Sa deep in the ress occasionally by shining the light on the riverbed below them and ahead of them

Finally Reht found the anchor chain approxional line fro up to the dark shape above them on the silvery surface

Sa up under the hull, but not touching it He swa the keel to the stern and looked up at the propeller protruding on its shaft from the lower part of the stern