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Admiral. Perhaps he will give us some orders.”

“What orders can he give?”

“He may alter the course. I don't know!”

“What! leave the line? Is it likely?”

“Well anyway, you tell him.”

In order to quiet him, I promised to report at once, and we separated, going our ways. As I anticipated, the Admiral only shrugged his shoulders on hearing my report and said, “They must put the fire out. No help can be sent from here.”

Instead of two dead bodies, five or six were now lying in the conning tower. The man at the wheel having been incapacitated, Vladimirsky had taken his place. His face was covered with blood, but his moustache was smartly twisted