The Etruscan Net (2012)
“And not for the first time. I remember running down the Admiral commanding at the Nore, when he was out in his pinnace, fishing. I got away with that, too.’ His gleam of cheerfulness faded. ‘But I’m damned if I see what we’re going to do next.’ ‘Cheer up,’ said Elizabeth. ‘At least we’re doing something. No one else is doing anything at all.’ ‘But is it getting us anywhere?’ ‘I think it is. I think that what Tina’s just told us is tremendously important.’ The three of them were sitting round th...e table in the Commander’s flat at the early evening conference which seemed to have become part of their lives in the last ten days.
‘It’s important,’ agreed the Commander, ‘but what does it mean?’ ‘The whole thing’s like a jigsaw puzzle,’ said Elizabeth. ‘You know how it is when you’ve done all the easy bits, round the edge, and the middle still looks a bit of a mess, and you’ve got two or three big bits that don’t seem to belong at all. Then you turn one of them round, and, hey presto, they do fit.MoreLess
‘It’s important,’ agreed the Commander, ‘but what does it mean?’ ‘The whole thing’s like a jigsaw puzzle,’ said Elizabeth. ‘You know how it is when you’ve done all the easy bits, round the edge, and the middle still looks a bit of a mess, and you’ve got two or three big bits that don’t seem to belong at all. Then you turn one of them round, and, hey presto, they do fit.MoreLess
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