Sitting on the pebbly beach beside Anders, I was wondering what to do next when he broke the silence.
"I believe I have a solution, Doctor," he said in his precise manner, "if you will give me permission to try."
"What can we lose?" I said.
Approaching Lee Sung's vessel from dead ahead, we climbed over the bow. Anders leaned over the side and yelled in fluent Korean for the senior officer of the Communist soldiers. After a short silence there was a rough shout from the forward port.
"What do you want with me?"
Anders talked slowly and clearly. "I am Dr. Anders from the virus factory. You know I escaped and that I cannot go back if I want to live. Therefore, if this boat is found by your comrades I will kill you before I die myself."
"You cannot touch us and you cannot sink the boat. Your threat does not scare me." The Red officer did not attempt to conceal his scorn.
"I promise you that if you free Lee Sung we will set you ashore and let you go unharmed."
"I do not trust traitors," yelled the Korean. "We will not surrender. You will be caught soon by our patrols."