Now the eyes and the great triangular beak were right out of the water and the beak was reaching up for his feet. He could even feel his spine being stretched. Bond was being pulled down, inch by inch. The eyes were glaring up at him, redly, venomously, and the forest of feeding arms was at his feet and legs, tearing the cotton fabric away and flailing back.
Now the head of the squid had broken the surface and the sea was being thrashed into foam by the great heaving mantle round it. He put it down on the ground away from his feet.īond had not time to worry about them. As a hunk of metal it might be useful, but it wouldn't light any more and it might scrape against the rock. There it would be handy but protected from bitting against anything. Satisfied, he slipped it behind him and down the waistband of his trousers up against his spine. He lifted his knife close up to his eyes and carefully examined the blade.
He leant against the cool face of rock and waited for his breathing to get back to normal. There were iron ship-noises and the sound of water splashing into the sea from a bilge pump.īond flattened himself against the rock and warily inched his head round the corner.īond took one long comprehensive look and pulled back. He could hear the changing beat of its engine. Apart from aiming the canvas mouth of the conveyor, there was nothing else for anyone to do.įrom close by came various sounds and echoes. On the other side of the mountain men would be working, feeding the guano to the conveyor-belt that rumbled away through the bowels of the rock, but on this side no one was allowed and no one was necessary. There was no other sound, no other movement, no other life apart from the watch at the ship's wheel, the trusty working at the crane, and Doctor No, seeing that all went well. The morning breeze feathered the deep-water anchorage, still half in shadow beneath the towering cliffs, the' conveyor-belt thudded quietly on its rollers, the crane's engine chuffed rhythmically.
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