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1624: THE BALTIC WAR – snippet 14:

Chapter 5

            “This better be goddam necessary, is all I gotta say,” Jesse Wood groused, as he stomped into Mike Stearns’ office, still shedding a little show from his jacket. Catching sight of the three other occupants of the room—he hadn’t been expecting them—he made an attempt to retrieve the military formalities he’d so flamboyantly discarded on the way in.

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1624: THE BALTIC WAR – snippet 13:

             “So tonight will simply deepen that loyalty,” Chomse concluded. “In private, you know”—he made a little sweeping motion with his forefinger at the apartment buildings visible through the opposite window of the carriage—“these folk are more likely to call him ‘Prince of Germany’ than they are to use his actual title of Prime Minister.”

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            “What happened, Lieutenant?” he asked Chomse. “Do we know any details yet?”

            “Almost all of them, sir. A large number of naval ratings and Marines were involved in dealing with the disaster at the coal gas plant. The Prime Minister happened to be nearby when the fire started, and he pretty much took charge of things using sailors and Marines from the Navy Yard.”

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