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Black admitted he had not . `` Get _ The Times _ and read it , '' snapped the manager . `` Come alive , Black , and as soon as Dalton comes in , tell him I want to see him right away . '' * * * * * It was high noon at Cavalan when the _ Pelican _ reentered the harbor after cruising in the open sea to pick up any words that might come from McCoy over the radio . Gregory watched the progress of the _ Pelican _ from the deck of the Albatross . `` Looks as if they 'd picked up something at last , '' he observed . `` Hope it 's from the fleet , saying they arrived at the cannery all right . ''