"When I give the order, `Full speed ahead,' then you can act.

Till then you are mate or passenger, whichever you like, of this dirty-looking trader.

Ah, those three low junks, or whatever they are, can creep through the water pretty quickly." "Yes; and the big junk too," said Mr Reardon, using his glass.

"It is astonishing how rapidly those great heavily-sailed craft can go.

She's full of men, sir," he continued; "I can see more and more beginning to show themselves.