The Fog Page #3

- They probably got drunk.

- He wouldn't do that.

- He'd do anything.

- Al and I got drunk together a lot

but we never got so shitfaced

we couldn't make it back.

He's too good a sailor to stay out

and not let somebody know.

- You sound like his wife.

- Just his friend.

You worry too much.

Where are we going?

I'm going to talk Ashcroft

into looking for the Sea Grass.

- Who's Ashcroft?

- Someone who owes me a favour.

Can I come along?

Thought you had to move on to Vancouver?

Eventually.

Sheriff will drive his own car.

The Mayor and his wife

are to be picked up at 6:45

and brought to the Mayor's box.

Then we will have speeches

by the Mayor, Sheriff, me.

Do you have my notes?

Then we pass out the candles

and begin the procession.

Then I will go home and pass out.

I'm almost afraid to look.

Well...

- Not bad. Not bad at all.

- A work of art.

Sandy, just be civil to me

for another five hours, that's all I ask.

Let's see. Did you order the candles?

What a thought.

- A candlelight procession with no candles.

- Taken care of.

- And the promotional material, did you...?

- Signed, sealed and delivered.

You can be very annoying

but you do keep me together.

Thank you, Mrs Williams.

... Spivey Point.

As of 1:
57 today,

the Sea Grass has not responded

to radio communication.

The coastguard has begun

a sweep south from Whately,

around Arcom Reef,

and should be in the area of Spivey Point

in approximately one hour.

Repeating this bulletin from the coastguard.

Be on the lookout for the Sea Grass -

a thirty-foot trawler

last seen approximately 15 miles

east of Spivey Point.

If you sight this vessel,

please notify the coastguard immediately.

Can I ask you a question?

- Is it always like this?

- It's always different.

- You're worried, aren't you?

- Yeah.

She can get real mean.

There.

If I can get through the speeches

without yawning...

- I couldn't sleep last night.

- Too excited?

Al went out in his boat last night

and didn't come home.

- Still isn't back.

- Mrs Williams.

The coastguard said

he might have had engine trouble.

They said not to worry.

He was complaining about his boat.

- You ought to go home.

- That's the last place I wanna go.

My dog started to bark at twelve last night

and didn't stop until six.

- What happened?

- He was growling at the ocean.

What does that tell you? My dog goes crazy

and decides to bark at the water.

I heard the church bells at midnight

and suddenly my car alarm went off

for no reason.

- Really?

- Woke up the whole block.

Nothing happens for 100 years,

then one night, the whole place falls apart.

Al?

Take this line, too.

Al! Tommy!

Dick!

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