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BY TEN O’CLOCK, SOAMES had turned in; the curtains were drawn across his bunk, and gentle rhythmic snores came from behind it. But the others were still up: Olsen because he was due on watch at the half-hour - it hadn’t been worth turning in, when the Liars game ended - Chief because Featherstone was still working to repair the for’ard hydroplanes, and the Captain because they were closing the enemy coast under peculiar conditions and he’d every intention of staying awake all night.
‘You’re clear about tomorrow, Olsen - meeting the boat?’ Olsen nodded. ‘I will have the Second Cox’n and Hughes with me, Sir. I have talked with Hallet about it.’
‘ ’M. They’ll use this hatch - ’ MacGregor jerked a thumb upwards, at the guntower hatch over their heads - ‘and you’ll come up behind me into
