"I'd better stay down, too." He sank instantly, a row of bubbles coming up at the spot where he had vanished.
"The poor, unfortunate fellow! He won't really attempt to drown himself, will he, if he doesn't find his young woman friend ?" inquired Mrs.Meade.
"No," Dave answered without turning.

"And we wouldn't allow him to do so, either." Dave waited but a brief interval, this time.

Then, as Midshipman Gray did not reappear, he called: "Danby!" "Yes, sir," replied the enlisted man by the engine.
"Hustle forward and rig a rope loop to the anchor cable.

How long is the anchor ?" "About three feet, sir." "Then rig the loop two feet above the mudhook." "Yes, sir." "Hustle!" "Yes, sir." "Is Gray trying to stay under?
Trying to drown himself as a sign of his repentance ?" whispered Wolgast in Dave's ear.

But Darrin shook his head.