Landfall (2010)
“He said: “I have spoken to Fort Blockhouse, Wing-Commander. They are sending Commander Rutherford over to my office at once. Will you please come in immediately, and bring the pilot with you? You’d better come to my office, in Admiralty House.”
Dickens said: “Very good. I have the pilot with me now.”
“Then I shall expect you at about a quarter to six.” The wing-commander glanced at the watch upon his wrist; it gave a bare half-hour with fifteen miles to go, mostly in traffic, in the darkness of... the black-out. The naval officer went on: “What has he to say?”
“He’s only just come in, Captain. I haven’t heard his story yet.”
“Well, we won’t waste time with it on the telephone. Get a car and bring him in with you. In the meantime, I have warned a salvage vessel to be ready for sea at midnight, and I have a drifter standing by the buoy. It’s possible that some of them may still get out with the Davis escape gear. T.383 should dock in an hour’s time, and we shall see then what they’ve got.”MoreLess
Dickens said: “Very good. I have the pilot with me now.”
“Then I shall expect you at about a quarter to six.” The wing-commander glanced at the watch upon his wrist; it gave a bare half-hour with fifteen miles to go, mostly in traffic, in the darkness of... the black-out. The naval officer went on: “What has he to say?”
“He’s only just come in, Captain. I haven’t heard his story yet.”
“Well, we won’t waste time with it on the telephone. Get a car and bring him in with you. In the meantime, I have warned a salvage vessel to be ready for sea at midnight, and I have a drifter standing by the buoy. It’s possible that some of them may still get out with the Davis escape gear. T.383 should dock in an hour’s time, and we shall see then what they’ve got.”MoreLess
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