The tension was still great, but the first sense of apprehension was gone.
"I do wish something would happen," muttered "Hay," after a while.

"Can you see anything from that port, 'Morrie' ?" "A wall of blackness, that's all," replied the Rochester man.
"We've changed our course several times," spoke up Flagg.

"I think the 'old man' is scooting for cover." "Fool if he didn't," growled Tommy.

"They have a pretty habit of court-martialling naval officers when they risk their ship unnecessarily.

If Captain Brownson should fail to do all in his power to escape from what his judgment tells him is overwhelming odds, he'd find himself in trouble.