Undersea Fleet by Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson
Author:Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson [Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780345275523
Google: _X8zAAAAQBAJ
Amazon: 0345275527
Goodreads: 1802171
Publisher: Orion
Published: 1955-01-01T05:00:00+00:00
11
Graduation Week
Gideon Park! Tall, black, loyalâjust to see him there waiting for me in the Commandantâs office took an enormous weight off my shoulders. Gideon and I had been in plenty of tight spots together, and I had a lot of respect for the man.
Maybe we had a chance to carry through our plans after all!
Gideon and I had only a moment to talk together, that first afternoon. I whispered to him where he could find David Crakenâin the boathouse on the estate of Tridentâs Atlantic manager. He nodded and winked and left.
And I went back to dorm to get ready for evening mess, feeling better than I had in days.
I couldnât get off Academy grounds that evening, but Bob hadnât used all his passes. Right after evening chow he took off for the boathouse, to talk things over with Gideon and David Craken.
He returned seconds before Lights Out. He had been gone nearly four hours.
âItâs all right,â he whispered to me, hastily getting ready for bed. âGideon brought the money with him.â
âHow much?â I asked, keeping my own voice downâif the duty officer heard us, it was a demerit. And it was too close to the end of the school year to want demerits.
âEnough. Ninety-seven thousand dollars, Jim! He had it with him in cash. Thatâs the most money I ever saw in one place.â
I nodded in the darkness. âNinety-seven thousand,â I repeated. âFunny amountâI suppose it was every penny he could raise.â It was a grim thought. I whispered urgently: âBob, weâve got to come through on this! If I know my uncle, heâs gone in debt for thisâheâs repaying an obligation to Jason Craken. If anything goes wrongâif we canât help Craken, canât get this money back for my uncleâitâll mean trouble for him.â
âOf course, Jim.â Bob was in bed already. âGideonâs going to Sargasso Dome tomorrow,â he whispered. âTo put up the bond so that our bid will be counted. There isnât much time left.â
âDid you tell David that Iâd seen Laddy Angel?â There was a pause for a second. âIâI forgot, Jim. I didnât have much time, anyway. I was only there for a few minutesââ
I sat straight up in bed. âOnly a few minutes! But, Bobâyou were gone for hours!â
His voice was apologeticâand strained. âI was, well, delayed, Jim. I, uhââ
We both heard the rapping of the duty officerâs heels in the corridor outside.
That put an end to the conversation. But I couldnât help wondering fuzzily, as I went to sleepâif Bob was gone four hours, and had only a few minutes in the beach houseâ¦what had he done with the rest of his time?
âAtten-HUT!â The voice of the Commandant roared through the loudhailers, and the whole student body of the Academy snapped to.
âBy squadrons! Forward MARCH!â
The sea band struck up the Academy anthem, and the classes passed in review.
It was the end of Graduation Week. We wheeled briskly off the Quadrangle, past the reviewing stands, down the crushed coral of the Ramp, to the dispersal areas.
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