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"The Grimsi can cut two circles inside their one"

Sandecker lifted his hands froreat as far as it goes, except on't knohen they start their arc"

Pitt sighed "We listen"

Sandecker looked at hiines?"

Pitt nodded

When Sandecker's hands went back on the wheel, they hite-knuckled, his ht and drawn

"What you're suggesting is one hell of a gas had to do is balk at the starter button and we're a sitting duck" He nodded toward the galley

"Are you thinking of her?"

"I'et deep-sixed anyway The last dollar bet of the gamblerall it what you wul, but however remote, it's a chance"

Sandecker cast a searching stare at the

tallin the doorway He could see that the eyes were determined and the chin set

"You es"

"The unexpected," Pitt said quietly "We knohat they're out to do They may have radar, but they can't read our minds

That is our second and e-the unexpected move"

Pitt looked at his Doxa watch One-thirty, still early in the afternoon Sandecker had cut the engines, and Pitt had to fight to stay alert-the sudden silence and the cal course to dull his htened and dimmed as the uneven layers of mist rolled overhead Pitt inhaled slowly and evenly to keep a sensation of wet and chill fros