Mike Dixon

The spear left Tim‟s gun and the powerhead blasted a
neat hole in one of the catamaran‟s twin hulls. The damage
wasn‟t great but the effect was immediate. The cat stopped
and Janet sprang onto its deck.
„Do as you‟re told.‟
She grabbed one of the crew.
„Stay where you are!‟
She dragged the man off his feet and glared at the other
occupants of the boat.
„Don‟t move or I‟ll break his arm!‟
In the water, beside Humphrey, a grey-haired man
watched the confrontation with a mixture of disbelief and
alarm.
wo hours later he was still beating Humphrey‟s ear
T on the subject. They had stopped at a pub on their
way back to Canberra and the man was totally obsessed by
the incident.
„That woman is whoopee. She‟s out of her mind.‟
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