“Let her come in,” said Dr. Oberhausen.

  Ramsey stood up, feeling suddenly giddy. Janet came rushing through the door and into his arms. A familiar perfume. The contours of a familiar face pressing against his cheek, a familiar body against his own.

  “Johnny! Oh, Johnny!”

  He heard Dr. Oberhausen get up, saw him walk past him toward the office door, fastening the bat-eye box to his shoulder as he went.

  “Johnny, I missed you so.”

  “I missed you, too,” he said.

  “I never knew it would be so dangerous. Why, they told me—”

  “It wasn’t bad, Janet. Really.”

  “But you were so long in the hospital!”

  Dr. Oberhausen paused at the door, a figure in new perspective, grown suddenly smaller, giving off a sense of loneliness. Ramsey wanted to call out something but didn’t know what. He said, “Obe.”

  The BuPsych chief turned.

  “We’ll see you soon,” said Ramsey.

  The doctor smiled, nodded, went out, closing the door behind him.

  And then Ramsey had to explain to Janet why he wanted to include “that awful old Obe” in their reunion plans.

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  THE DRAGON IN THE SEA

  Copyright © 1956 by Herbert Properties, LLC

  All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.

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  eISBN 9781429984980

  First eBook Edition : January 2011

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Herbert, Frank.

  The dragon in the sea / Frank Herbert.—1st ed.

  p. cm.

  “A Tom Doherty Associates Book.”

  ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-1774-2

  ISBN-10: 0-7653-1774-5

  1. Submarines (Ships)—Fiction. 2. Oil industries—Fiction. I. Title.

  PS3558.E63D7 2008

  813’ .54—dc22

  2007038328

  First Edition: April 2008

 


 

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