"008 (B018) - The Sargasso Ogre (1933-10) - Lester Dent" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robeson Kenneth)

SHIPS YOU NAME ARE ALL VESSELS LOST AT SEA DURING LAST FIFTEEN YEARS OR SO STOP IN EACH CASE NOTHING KNOWN OF FATE OF SHIP STOP THEY SIMPLY VANISHED IN ATLANTIC OCEAN



CHIEF INSPECTOR

SCOTLAND YARD





"Holy cow!" Renny rumbled. "The insignia on the belt were from the uniform caps of the officers of lost ships!"



Doc nodded slowly. "That's what I was afraid of. My memory suggested that the names were of lost vessels. What I wanted to confirm was the fact that they all disappeared in the same ocean -- the Atlantic."



"That belt!" Ham made thoughtful stabbing gestures with his sword cane. "The thing strikes me as being something like a -- scalp belt!"



"A scalp belt of ships!" Monk grunted, his feud with the dapper lawyer temporarily forgotten.



Ham stopped manipulating his sword cane and stared at Doc.



"Say -- it may be that this thing is a lot bigger than simply a matter of somebody being after our diamonds!"



"I won't be surprised!"



Ham blinked. "Does that mean you've got an idea what we're headed for?"



"Not at all," Doc assured him honestly