It is a bit of good luck to meet such weather here.
We can keep as far south as we like until daybreak, and by that time--How did it look when you came in ?" "A trifle better, I think." "I have sent for some refreshments.

Let us have another _dekko_[Footnote: Hindustani for "look"-- word much used by sailors in the East.] before we tackle them." The two officers passed out into the hurricane.

Instantly the wind endeavored to tear the charthouse from off the deck.

They looked aloft and ahead.

The officer on duty saw them and nodded silent comprehension.