Chapter 18 Chapter Seventeen

A thick fog hangs over the calm water. Chambers, who was driving the small yacht, said: "Mr. Mason, the fog is very thick." "That's the best way," Mason said. "Where are we going to go down?" "The pier over there," Mason said. "Over there at the gas station. I'm going to moor the yacht over there, and you'll get in the water while we're mooring. Start about fifty feet south of the pier, to Fantu, where the water is shallow enough to stand on. I want you to make the rug Search like that, whatever unusual things you see on the bottom of the sea don't touch it, just come back and report to me."

"Good," said Chambers. "You come to sail the boat, and Roland and I go down to change clothes." Mason took the helm and Chambers went down to the cabin. Mason slowly pulled the boat closer to the dock. "Would you like to refuel?" the waiter asked. "I'm going to stop right here," Mason said. "Our facility here is that only ships that are refueling can stop." "I know," Mason said. "You go ahead and refuel. Just please don't take out the oil pipe after refueling. In addition to the gas fee, I will pay you another 20 yuan."

"Why is that?" asked the waiter. "Nothing, just to investigate," Mason said. "But it must never be known." "Okay," said the waiter. "The fog is so thick that there probably won't be too many ships coming. It's really thick enough. This kind of bad weather has been going on for two or three days." Mason said, "Remember, don't talk nonsense." "No!" The waiter said with a smile. After a while, the Chambers couple appeared on deck with oxygen tanks strapped tightly to their backs.The two adjusted their masks and slid over the side of the boat into the water.Ten minutes later, Dunston came up.

He climbed up the ladder next to the boat, took off his mask, and said to Mason, "There's a purse under there." "Anything else in particular?" Mason asked. "Only the purse." "Have you opened the purse?" "No, I'm afraid that the contents inside will flow away after opening." "Bring it back," Mason said. "Leave your wife where it is. I'll put it back when I'm done." Chambers hesitated for a moment before saying, "Well, I'm taking orders." He dived for a while, then came up with the leather bag.

Mason crouched by the railing. "Let's see what's inside," he said, opening the purse. "My God, a wad of money!" said Chambers. "Not really," Mason said. "What the hell, a driver's license, this is..." Mason hastily covered it with his hands. "You don't mind," he said. "You can only see what I show you. Watch out, I'm going to take the money out and put in another wad of money." Mason took the money out of the purse, then took a stack of fifty and hundred dollar bills from his pocket and put them in the purse.

"Now put the purse back where it came from," Mason said. "At the same time, look around to see if there are any other special things. Do a carpet search within a radius of one hundred feet. What is the soil quality of the seabed, is it mud or sand?" "Sand. There's a little ooze on it, but mostly sand." "Okay," Mason said. "Come back after you've searched thoroughly." "Leave the purse where it is?" "right!" "With all the money?" "Not bad at all, but remember to squeeze all the air out of the purse so it doesn't float elsewhere."

"There are a lot of things in it, probably lipstick, keys, powder, etc., which are heavy enough." Chambers said. "Well, you just squeeze the air out anyway." "and then?" "If you're sure there's nothing unusual down there, come back." Fifteen minutes later, they returned to the boat. "Is everything going well?" Mason asked. "all the best." "Anything special?" Mason asked. "No." "Very well," Mason said. "Go to the cabin and change clothes!" Mason walked to the pier, gave the waiter gas money and twenty yuan, and said, "Thank you, can you keep silent?"

"Joke," said the waiter. "I can keep silent in sixteen languages! Including Nordic." "Now you just need to use English," Mason said with a smile.