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THE BATTLE OF TSU-SHIMA

“Badly,” I answered.

“Oh ! that's it, is it? They don't seem able to hit me yet, but I see that you have been wounded.”

“I was.”

“Where are you off to?”

“To have a look at the light guns in the stern and get some cigarettes from my cabin; I have smoked all I had.”

“To your cabin?” and Kursel grinned. “I have just come from there, I'll go with you.”

Indeed, he seemed likely to be a useful companion, as he knew the most sheltered way.

Having got as far as the officers' quarters, I stopped in amazement. Where my cabin and the two adjoining ones had been was an enormous hole! Kursel

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