"There is still a chance—one little chance," he said.
"To get out?" cried Pauline.
"Yes—through the torpedo tube."
She shuddered.
"I am going to make you do it," he said, "because it is the only chance. The men will follow you. Harry's boat will be near."
"And you?"
"I do not matter any more. Come."
A gunner opened the great tube as Summers led Pauline into the torpedo room. Obediently she entered the strange passageway of peril and of hope.
"Goodbye," he said, "and good luck."
"Goodbye," she answered. "You are a brave man. You are as brave— you are as fine—as Harry."