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“Are you saying that it could seep into the water table?”

“There is that possibility, yes”

“Whichwater”

“That would make its spread even more difficult to control Everyone drinks water, while personal contact is a hit-or-ious either way It’s possible that the whole human race could become infected”

Lee felt emotionally drained by the implications of her dry recitation and expected Austin to share her pessimism But, to her surprise, he said, “Thank you for your analysis, Dr Lee, but we can’t let that happen”

“What do you mean to do?”

/>“Once we find the lab, we’ll make sure that the staff is safe Then we’ll retrieve the research and allow vaccine production to move ahead And then we’ll proceed to sink the Triad How’s that sound to you, Joe?”

“Sounds like we’ll need so I’ll see what I can rustle up in the galley”

Austin had su about , Zavala was throwing breakfast together Lee saw no sign of madness or misplaced humor in the face of either man, only calm determination and steely resolve

For the first time since she had learned that Davy Jones’s Locker had vanished, she began to hope

CHAPTER 33

THE TROUTS HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE AFTERNOON FOR AN available NUMA executive jet, but New Bedford Regional Airport was only about an hour’s flight fro, Paul drove their rented SUV past the stately old houses that bordered County Street and swung in to a horseshoe-shaped driveway A sign in front of the butternut-and-mustard Greek Revival mansion identified the house as the CAPTAIN HORATIO DOBBS MUSEUM AND GARDENS

The Trouts cli between tall Doric colued woman opened the door

“Oh, dear,” she said, her sht you were the electrician”

Gamay said, “I’ency We called you earlier today froton”