The dear old girl must be frightened half out of her wits by this time." "Very well," replied Redgrave; "but we'll come down literally first, so that we can get the propellers to work." He turned the wheel back till the indicator pointed to five.

The cloud-sea came up with a rush.

They passed through it, and stopped about a thousand feet above the sea.

Redgrave touched the first button twice, and then the next one twice.

The air began to hiss past the walls of the conning-tower.