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Though the heat was intense and the glare from the white dam dazzling, Dick found work something of a relief. It was his habit to fix his mind upon the task in which he was engaged; but of late his thoughts had been occupied by Clare and conjectures about the Adexe coaling station and the strange black-funnel boat.
"I have told you what I saw and what I think it implies," Dick answered with some heat. "Just so. I do not doubt your honesty, but it is difficult to follow your arguments." "It oughtn't to be difficult. You have heard that the French liner was sunk by a black-funnel boat." "Black funnels are common. Why do you imagine the vessel you saw was an auxiliary cruiser?"
Dick related his suspicions about the coaling company, and described what he had seen at Adexe and the visit of the black-funnel boat, but before he had gone far, realized that he was wasting his time. The Vice-Consul's attitude was politely indulgent. "This is a rather extraordinary tale," he remarked when Dick stopped.
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