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"Starboard two points," he ordered the hel room `

Hansen brought the wheel two corees to starboard:

"Straighten out to midships and keep her steady"

The telephone rang on the wall Nillson went over to answer it

"Bridge," Nillson said Confident of a safe passing, he faced the wall, his back to the s

The crow's nest lookout was calling "Lights twenty degrees to port

"Thank you," Nillson replied, and hung up He went over and checked the radar, unaware of the Doria's new trajectory The blips were now so dose to each other the reading didn'tand, without arty urgency, raised his binoculars to his eyes and focused on the fights

Calmness deserted him

"My God" He gasped, seeing the change in the hts for the first time

The high and low lights had reversed theht to hireen Starboard side Since he'd last looked, the other ship seemed to have made a sharp turn to its left

Now the blazing deck lights of a huge black ship loo balk that had kept it hidden and presented its right side directly in the path of the speeding Stockholm

He shouted a course change "Hard astarboard!"

Spinning around, he gripped the levers of the ship's telegraph with both hands, yanked the the ship to a halt by sheer deterle filled the air

Full Speed Astern

Nillson turned back to the helan temple