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Building 59, Fort Muddville, Balboa, Terra Nova

Whatever it was Admiral Duguay said to Janier over the phone, it was enough to turn the general's face ashen.

Replacing the phone on its receiver, Janier said simply, "He refuses to listen. He says if there's an attack here because he kills that submarine that will be my problem. He said other things, too.

"Do we mobilize the troops then?" asked de Villepin.

Still ashen-faced—What did the admiral say to him, wondered de Villepin—Janier shook his head. "No, no. Let's not let our actions notify the Balboans as to what is going on at sea.

"And now leave me in peace and quiet for the next hour."