Scend of the Sea by Geoffrey Jenkins

Author:Geoffrey Jenkins
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Detective, Fiction - Espionage, General, Suspense, Thrillers, Crime & Thriller, Fiction, Thriller
ISBN: 9781440177651
Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
Published: 2009-09-15T07:00:00+00:00

Until we see each other, please keep away from the Waratah. Tafline.

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.

He reported back, grim-faced.

'They're building up the case against you, skipper,' he told me. 'Ably assisted by that rat Feldman.' 'Case, Nick?'

'I'm damned if I go aboard again,’ he burst out, 'burns or no burns. Wanted me to make a statement about the other night. What were you up to? What was behind the meeting between your brother and yourself ? What-' he shrugged angrily, and then winced from the pain.

'What did you say, Nick?'

' "I take orders," I told that iceberg frigate captain.' He grinned mirthlessly. '"I was in the engine-room. You don't see or hear anything down there, except what comes down the voicepipe. Unlike some of the arse-licking sons-of-bitches who frequent bridges." '

I could not help laughing at Scanners vehemence.

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