Redgrave took off his cap and bowed to the Captain on the bridge.

Zaidie nodded and fluttered her handkerchief in reply to hundreds of others that were waving on the decks.

Mrs.Van Stuyler woke up in wonder and waved hers instinctively, half longing to change crafts.

In fact, if it hadn't been for her absolute devotion to the proprieties she would have obeyed her first impulse and asked Lord Redgrave to put her on board the steamer.
While the officers and crew and passengers of the _Deutschland_ were staring wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the graceful glittering shape of the _Astronef_, Redgrave touched the first button in the second row once, moved the 100-degree wheel on a few degrees, and then gave the other a quarter turn.

Then he closed the window slide, and the next moment Zaidie saw the great liner sink down beneath them in a curious twisting sort of way.