he didn’t notice the enormous black shadow by the boat. It was only when the creature loomed vertically out of the water, towering above him, that he turned and jumped. Instantly he forgot the other humps. The whale’s head had risen almost silently. Now it was almost touching the boat’s rubber hull. Three and a half metres of whale extended upright out of the water, the drooping mouth covered with barnacles and knotty bulges. An eye as big as a human fist stared at him.
