《Shadow Before》作者： - A. Bertram Chandler 【EPUB】

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SHADOW BEFORE "Yes, that's the Bishop," said the Second Mate impatiently. Half consciously he counted the seconds between flashes, satisfied himself that they tallied with the period given in the Light List. "We're up to the Scillies on time. All going well; weather permitting, we should be fast alongside in Glasgow tomorrow night." "What do you mean?" asked Canning. "Weather permitting? Surely it will stay fine." The attitude of earnest enquirer sat well upon both him and his wife, as it so often does upon dowdy, middle aged couples. All the way from Sydney they had shown an intense interest in maritime affairs, an avid curiosity that soon caused most of the ship's officers to avoid them. It was the Second Mate who had discovered their Achilles' Heel, the weak joint in their armour. They were spiritualists. Mrs Canning was a medium of some repute. And they lent a receptive ear to all the stories that he had to tell