But it's above my register.

I must try something short and sweet: KB, urgent signal, 'Heave all aback'; or LM, urgent, 'The berth you're now in is not safe'; or what do you say to PQH?
--'Tell my owners the ship answers remarkably well.'" "It's premature," I replied; "but it seems calculated to give pain to Trent.

PQH for me." The flags were found in Trent's cabin, neatly stored behind a lettered grating; Nares chose what he required and (I following) returned on deck, where the sun had already dipped, and the dusk was coming.
"Here! don't touch that, you fool!" shouted the captain to one of the hands, who was drinking from the scuttle but.

"That water's rotten!" "Beg pardon, sir," replied the man.

"Tastes quite sweet." "Let me see," returned Nares, and he took the dipper and held it to his lips.