Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea
“Billiard-Fanon, at gunpoint, made Lebret, Ghatwala and Jhutti – this latter blinking and looking about himself confusedly – sit in the angle of the room’s forward wall and floor. This had the effect of positioning the rest of the crew above them, looking severely down. ‘I’ve searched everywhere for handcuffs,’ growled Billiard Fanon. ‘Can’t find any.’‘There’s no need for handcuffs,’ said Jhutti, nervously. ‘Surely!’The ensign scowled.Lebret looked about him – Castor wore his jacket over his sho...ulders. Visible beneath, on his naked torso, were several bandage patches, covering the burns on his skin. Capot looked half asleep. Water dribbled from the clothing of most of them.Billiard-Fanon lit a cigarette, and breathed deeply in. ‘Let’s fill everybody in,’ announced. ‘The captain is dead, and since the lieutenant is, unfortunately, still unconscious, authority devolves to …’ he pointed at himself. ‘Me. I wasn’t expecting this, and can’t say I enjoy it.MoreLess
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