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A cold wind sprang up The

At first light, the silhouette of a battleship took shape on the horizon

“New Hanize her, I’m sure, by her three funnels and old-fashioned rauns in addition to four 12s Any minute now”

The battleship emitted a red flash A five-hundred-pound shell roared past like a freight train Louis ducked “What?” he screaun rumbled their way

Another flash Another shell roared closer

“They’ll have the range soon!” Bell told Louis Loh

The 12-inch gun flashed red A shell struck in a shower of sparks fifty feet below The mast shook Louis Loh cried, “You’re a madman”

“They say this helix design is re,” Bell replied

More shells roared by When another hit, Louis covered his face

Soon there was enough light in the sky for Bell to read his gold watch “A few le shots Then they’re scheduled to blast salvos Before they finish up with full broadsides”

“All right All right I ad”

“You’re ,” Isaac Bell replied coldly He was rewarded by an expression of surprise on Louis’s ordinarily immobile face

“What do you mean?”

“Sun-t

zu on the art of war If I may quote your countryman: ‘Be so subtle that you are invisible’ ”