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GOES BACK ON ITS COURSE , ITS CLOSE RANKS MEET.NQ ,THE
PURSUERS SINGLY ONE AFTER ANOTHER . THE ENEMY HAVE BEEN
DECOYED By THE OLDEST TRICK IN WARFARE !
H m 'ONCE-PROUD SHIPS, SOME OF THEM VAL'S. TOO FEW NOW flll
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! J SKAFOR THE HEXT MANEUVER. J
HIS REMAINING VESSELS TURN R!SHT
AND LEFT TO THE VERY SHORES OF THE
FJORD, LEAVING THE ENEMY TO SAIL UP
THE MIDDLE IN THE FOG TO THE VERY
END AND FIND. ...NOTHING
THE REMNANT OF VAL'S FLEET FEELS
ITS WAY TO A RENDEZVOUS FAR OUT AT
SEA... ALL BUT ONE. VAL'S SHIP, VEER
ING AWAY FROM A JAGGED ROCK, RUNS
INTO A SUBMERGED ONE.
- WW.
ALL AROUND THEM THEY CAN HEAR.
THE SOUND OF THE ENEMY, AS THEY
STRUGGLE TO FREE THEIR SHIP AND
STEM THE LEAK t
next wEEK-ThtWan&ertr.