Down, Down, Down by Steve Jenkins

Author:Steve Jenkins [Jenkins, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Adventure, Animals, Novel, Juvenile Nonfiction, Earth Sciences, Juvenile Literature, Marine Life
ISBN: 9780618966363
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2009-04-06T06:00:00+00:00

Tafline!

So that was her name.

So she knew.

So did the Navy.

So did the Weather Bureau.

CHAPTER EIGHT

'Captain Fairlie will report to the C-in-C, Simonstown, at 10 sharp tomorrow.'

The frigate's snapping signal lamp had come to symbolize my rejection by the Navy and Weather Bureau during the past four days of the tow. Orders from the warship to the labouring weather ship had been restricted to what was strictly necessary. Their brevity indicated Lee-Aston's intention to demonstrate his basic philosophy of subordination. He had passed on equally brief messages from the Weather Bureau. They had to do with towing, getting the ship safely to port and docking. There was no word of sympathy for my casualties, not a hint of appreciation for what my crew or I had gone through to save the ship.

I had forced Nick Scannel to go aboard the frigate to have his burns treated by the ship's doctor.

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