1 The naval staff car pulled away from the officers block and came smoothly along the sea road toward the main exit gate. A bunch of sea gulls rose complaining from the shingle beach， soaring upward freshening Channel gale. At in a vertical glide against the the head of the flagstaff by Nthe gate the white ensign cracked like a whip， slatting the halyards against the mast. A chief petty officer stepped out from the guardhouse， called the sentry to attention and signaled the car to a stand- still. \"It s O.K.， Chief，\" said the seaman driver， jerking his head baekward. \"Captain Howard.\" The C.P.O. looked into the back seat and saw that it was indeed the ginger-bearded Captain Howard. He was not in uniform but in his usual shoregoing rig: gray-green dogtooth tweeds and green trilby hat. Two brown travel-worn leather
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