[A Honeymoon in Space by George Griffith]@TWC D-Link bookA Honeymoon in Space PROLOGUE 12/18
Another is coming across by a fast cruiser, and, of course, the news will have got to Washington by cable by this time. "By the time you get to the entrance of the Channel you will probably find it swarming with French cruisers and torpedo-destroyers, so if you'll be advised by me, you'll leave Queenstown out and get as far north as possible." "Lord Redgrave," said the Captain, putting out his hand, "I'm responsible for a good bit right here, and I don't know how to thank you enough.
I guess that treaty's been given away back to France by some of our Irish statesmen by now, and it'd be mighty unhealthy for the _St. Louis_ to fall in with a French or Russian cruiser----" "That's all right, Captain," said Lord Redgrave, taking his hand.
"I should have warned any other British or American ship.
At the same time, I must confess that my motives in warning you were not entirely unselfish.
The fact is, there's some one on board the _St.Louis_ whom I should decidedly object to see taken off to France as a prisoner of war." "And may I ask who that is ?" said Captain Hawkins. "Why not ?" replied his lordship.
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