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“What if it wasn’t sabotage? What if it was a robbery? Stay there until you discover what they took”

He walked Archie to the train at Grand Central and returned to the office, deep in thought Abbington-Westlake had confirster But he couldn’t be Coht within the narrow confines of Hell’s Kitchen his whole life The answerHe could even be the spy Perhaps that hat he had noticed was different about Louis: he acted like he had a purpose It was time to put the question to him

Bell collected Louis Loh froht and handcuffed his wrists behind his back

Loh’s first surprise ca him in a truck or an auto, Bell walked hie Hull 44 looines, slatting sails, whistles, and horns Blacked out but for running lights, Lowell Falconer’s turbine yacht Dyname approached in near silence

Deckhands guided Bell and his prisoner aboard without speaking a word The yacht backed into the river and headed downstreae and passed the Battery and picked up speed on the Upper Bay

“If you’re planning to throw me overboard,” Louis Loh said, “remember I kno to swim”

“Wearing those manacles?”

“I assu above torture”

The helmsman increased speed to thirty knots Bell took Loh into the darkened cabin, where they sat in silence sheltered from the wind and spray Dynahtship flash by the porthole When Dyname’s bow rose to the first Atlantic co me?”

“To sea”

“How far to sea?”

“About fifty miles”

“That will take all night”

“Not on this ship”

The helmsman opened her up An hour passed The turbines slowed, and the yacht settled down Suddenly it bu and stopped Bell took Louis’s arm, checked that he hadn’t jimmied open the cuffs, and led him out on deck Silent deckhands helped thee Then Dyname wheeled about and raced off In e froht