The Hildebrand Rarity
March, 1960
a newThe Sting Ray Was About Six Feet from wing tip to wing tip and perhaps ten feet long from the blunt wedge of its nose to the end of its deadly tail. It was dark gray with that violet tinge that is so often a danger signal in the underwater world. When it rose up from the pale, golden sand and swam a little distance, it was as if a black towel were being waved through the water.James Bond, his hands along his flanks and swimming with only a soft trudge of his fins, followed the black shadow...
