condensed master

The Reluctant Agent
A Compelling Story of Espionage
Chapter 16
Official Secrets
It was strange to be back at sea again after all these years. The throb of the
engines and the smells wafting through the companion ways however, had not
changed. Confronted by the sharp contrast of cool, brisk air, as he walked out on
deck, and the motion under his feet, made him wonder how long it would be
before his stomach would be turning over. It was too much to expect for things to
be different in that regard.
He watched the familiar landmarks slip by as they sailed down Port Philip Bay.
Their first stop would be Sydney, and Dorothy's brother and family were travelling
down by car from Port Macquarie, to see them briefly before the ship sailed on
to Auckland, New Zealand, and then to the port of Suva, in Fiji.
They travelled up the Reewa river in a motorized canoe to see a native village.
It was the first time Louise and Mark had been outside the Australian environment.
Will carried his 8 mm movie and coloured slide cameras taking lots of pictures. By
the end of the voyage he would have taken over three hundred slides and several
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