"One coming now, sir."
"Repeat it as it comes."
"Very well, sir. Indefatigable calling."
"Ask her position."
"Five miles south by southwest, sir."
"Inform Captain Reynolds that we shall slow down and wait for him to come up with us."
"Very well, sir."
The operator sent the message.
"O.K., sir, signed, 'Reynolds,'" the operator reported a few moments later.
"Ask her if she has picked up any other vessels."