"Dead!"
"How about Davis and the others? Weren't you able to account for any of them?"
"A few, sir," returned Jack briefly, "but Davis——"
"I think I got Davis, sir," Edwards interrupted quietly. "I took a shot at him just before I went over the side. He went down."
"I'm glad to hear that," returned Lord Hastings. "He is too dangerous a man to be at large. Besides, without him, the Germans will hardly get very far."
He turned to General Hamilton, who had followed him from his room, and added: "If you'll be so kind as to give me a detail of ten men, sir, I'll go and see about this matter. It may be that we can recapture the vessel."
General Hamilton acted quickly. He summoned an orderly and commanded that ten men be placed at Lord Hastings' disposal immediately. The men appeared on the run a moment later and Lord Hastings led them toward the river, where they all embarked in a small motorboat and headed for the spot where they had left the submarine.
But there was no submarine to be found. It had disappeared.
Lord Hastings uttered an exclamation of chagrin.
"They've gone," he said. "Edwards, I guess you didn't hurt Davis very bad. I don't suppose there was a sailor aboard who could navigate the vessel. Davis probably could."