"Very well, sir," replied Frank. "When shall we start, sir?"
"You may as well start immediately. It is hardly possible, judging by the tone of that message, that you will find anything by daylight, but at least you can be on the ground by night."
"Very well, sir," said Jack, and waited to see if there were any further instructions.
Captain Raleigh dismissed the two lads with a wave of his hand.
"That is all," he said. "Report the moment you are able to do so."
The two lads saluted and returned to their own cabin.
"You see," said Frank, "we didn't have to wait very long to find something to do."
"I see we didn't," agreed Frank. "Now, the first thing to do is shed these uniforms."
"What for?"
"So that we shall not be taken for British should we fall among the enemy. We'll put on plain khaki suits."