Death By Water
“Dot was already awake, plaiting her hair with swift fingers. ‘Ooh, it’s all misty,’ she commented. ‘How can we see where we’re going in all this mist?’‘I have no doubt that we can,’ said Phryne bracingly. ‘If you really want to know, I’m sure that Navigation Officer Green will tell you all about it. Until your ears bleed. If he wasn’t such a darling, I’d have to drop him overboard. Even then he would be telling me valuable and useful things all the way down. I’m for a hot shower and some warm c...lothes. Break out a wool suit, will you, Dot? Then unlock the door and let Caroline in.’Phryne dressed in a modish dark grey suit with a flaming red shirt and secured the sapphire to her belt in a petticoat pocket. The fog was breaking up in patches and suddenly a huge wall of green slid past. ‘Gosh,’ said Phryne, standing transfixed at the window. 143Death by Water-PAGES 21/4/05 2:21 PM Page 144‘It’s the Sound,’ said Caroline, bringing in her breakfast. ‘Milford Sound.MoreLess
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