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??ll see what I mean”

Dyname had continued to increase her speed There was still no tre sea and wind The steward and a sailor appeared with seaboots and oil-skins “You’ll want these on, sir She’s no yacht, once she getsMore like a torpedo boat”

“Torpedo boat, hell,” muttered the sailor “She’s a submarine”

Falconer handed Bell a pair of goggles with slass so dark it seemed opaque and looped another pair over his own head

“What’s this for?”

“You’ll be glad you have thee while we can” The seaman and sterestled the door open, and they stepped on deck

The slipstream hit like a punch in the face

Bell pushed forward on the narrow side deck less than five feet above the rushing water “Shethirty knots”

“Still loafing along,” Falconer yelled over the roar “We’ll getonce we pass Sandy Hook”

Bell glanced back Fire was flickering frolowed in the dark They clilass screened the hel to a small spoked wheel Captain Falconer shouldered him aside

Ahead in the dark, an interht blinked every fifteen seconds

“Sandy Hook Lightship,” said Captain Falconer “Last year we’ll see it They’re ht to mark the new Ambrose Channel”

Dynalow, Bell glimpsed the white-lettered “Sandy Hook” and “No 51” on the side of the black vessel as it fell rapidly behind them

“Hang on!” said Captain Falconer

He laid the hand with the ers on a tall lever “Bowden cable connection direct to the turbines Same as flexible-cable brakes for bicycles I can increase steaine room Like the throttle on your auto”