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the Sword had been over the numbers only too often in the past twenty hours.
“A minimum of eleven days from their departure, Sir, or approximately nine days from right now. Depending on their orders, we might have somewhat longer, but I certainly wouldn’t count on that.”
“And the time required to complete Jericho?”
“We could be ready to launch the first attack in forty-eight hours. I can’t say precisely how quickly things will move after that, since so much will depend on the speed with which Grayson reacts. On the other hand, we’ll still have almost seven days before any other escorts can return, which will give them plenty of time to mount their counterattack. And I suspect they’ll want to strike back as quickly as possible, if only