Hollow Sea (2013)
“Dunford said. 'Half-speed.' Light was breaking across the waters. And there was the escort, that slim grey object circling her, sheering off into the distance, returning, flashing across A.10's bows. 'Slow.' 'Slow.' 'Slow.' Signalling.
'Slow,' Dunford said. Yes. Here there were mines. And far off, touching horizon's rim a whiff of smoke. He already knew what that was. No doubts assailed. They were not going to flirt around O, they were not sneaking in to O. They were going to dash in and sit right on top of O, joined by that whiff of smoke on the horizon, which he knew to be the Hartspill. If he looked east he saw the queerly coloured sky, mirror of men's actions below. An angry sullen sky. Heat again. Before nine o'clock everybody would be suffocating. More and more men climbed to her decks, the stuffy holds were being deserted.
'Half-speed.' 'Half-speed,' Dunford said. 'Two points.' He repeated it to himself. She was going slowly forward, into the thick of things, and A.10 w...as different.MoreLess
'Slow,' Dunford said. Yes. Here there were mines. And far off, touching horizon's rim a whiff of smoke. He already knew what that was. No doubts assailed. They were not going to flirt around O, they were not sneaking in to O. They were going to dash in and sit right on top of O, joined by that whiff of smoke on the horizon, which he knew to be the Hartspill. If he looked east he saw the queerly coloured sky, mirror of men's actions below. An angry sullen sky. Heat again. Before nine o'clock everybody would be suffocating. More and more men climbed to her decks, the stuffy holds were being deserted.
'Half-speed.' 'Half-speed,' Dunford said. 'Two points.' He repeated it to himself. She was going slowly forward, into the thick of things, and A.10 w...as different.MoreLess
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