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CHAPTER V MYSTERY IN THE FOG
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While Sandy watched the amphibian1 and Dick stared at the rapidly approaching sea plane, Larry gazed at the swift hydroplane and noted2 the feverish3 attempt on the yacht to get its tender going as it struck the surging water.
Swiftly he snapped the binoculars4 to his eyes as they receded5 from the yacht in the onrush of their zoom6.
A woman in dark clothes had rushed behind the after cabin.
She must have tossed the life preserver from the stern.
But there was a woman on the bridge with the white uniformed captain and a navigating7 officer. She was in dark clothes! But she had been there all the time. He suddenly recalled the French maid Jeff had mentioned in the hotel. That answered his puzzled wonder. He knew who had thrown that life preserver, at any rate. It could not be the mistress. It left only the maid to suspect.
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Fast as a dart8 the hydroplane cut the surges.
“She’ll get there—they see the life preserver!” he cried, looking past the tilting9 wing as they executed a split-S to turn to head back the quickest possible way.
“The amphibian can set down on the water and she’ll pass the place—already there’s somebody climbing out of the front cockpit onto the wing—to grab the thing as they pass!” Sandy muttered.
“That seaplane is coming fast!” mused10 Dick. “What a race! It will be a wonder if there isn’t a smash when they all come together!”
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amphibian
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| n.两栖动物;水陆两用飞机和车辆 | |
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noted
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| adj.著名的,知名的 | |
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feverish
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| adj.发烧的,狂热的,兴奋的 | |
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receded
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| v.逐渐远离( recede的过去式和过去分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题 | |
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navigating
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dart
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| v.猛冲,投掷;n.飞镖,猛冲 | |
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tilting
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mused
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desperately
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throttle
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skid
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skidding
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momentum
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deftly
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exultantly
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turmoil
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propeller
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swerve
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smother
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foam
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culmination
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brace
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scooped
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scrambling
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overhauling
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quarry
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murky
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glide
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concealment
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raucous
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goggles
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cleft
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swampy
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rifts
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