Perhaps if they had met in brighter surroundings, when the other's health and mood were normal, they might have been friends.

Now, however, he doubted and saw Brown was not satisfied.
The line he held jerked and he signed to the men at the pump.

One kept the cranks turning; the other went to the top of a ladder lashed to the hulk's side.

The bubbles moved away from the wreck and broke the surface in a fixed, sparkling patch.

The diver was coming up and Lister presently helped him on board.