25 Make your speed one hundred, said Bernie, now seated behind Bea and Alice. AU three men opened the hatch and tossed out Baumanns corpse. My poor old friend.. .wept Shafer in tears. Oh Gott, why?He then tightened the seal. Saddened, Klemperer sat on the stairs and said a few words from the Bible that he remembered from his youth and consoled his friend. The immense loss of life, both German and prisoner, had stunned them all. So many dead within minutes, a sad affair, Ernst. Pull yourself together, we need you in top form. Wheres Geer? He hid in a stateroom I think, said Alice. Who can blame the sonofabitch, grumbled Bernie. Shafer sat next to Bernie and composed himself. Plenty of air in these tunnels, Rodgers, a cool breeze came up now and then in the hangar. It was refreshing to say the least. Many explorers have spun tales about these passages over the centuries, but we could find little about them other than its a vast network; some are three kilometers wide read one text. He looked to a set of pressure gauges. Outside air pressure almost matches our own, one-point-two-six atmospheres. As ranking officer, I now charge you with the responsibilities of the ships navigation. Have you any naval ship experience on the high seas? Well, I took a ride in a Navy blimp once, did a one-year tour on a destroyer in 1918, five years on a cruiser, Im a decent sailor on a yacht, my friend Red and I did some rum-running in an admirals launch once or twice, and I piloted an Elco PT boat off Rhode Island for three months… Bea turned around. He flies effortlessly now. Still descending, and the tunnel is getting slowly wider. The compass is useless, Herr Kappy-taine leutnant, maybe you can radio the Newport Yacht Club for directions. Bernie held up a middle finger. See this? Its got your name on it. How do we figure what direction were flying? asked Alice. Or.. .tunneling, is it? Bernie asked of Shafer: You said theres tens of thousands of kilometers of these tunnels?