"Straight to the bottom," replied Jack, with a note of thankfulness in his voice.
"What!" exclaimed the officer, starting to his feet.
"To the bottom," Jack repeated.
"Impossible!" cried the officer. "One British ship couldn't sink four German torpedo destroyers."
"I didn't say there was only one," said Jack. "We some assistance."
"You must have had," said the German officer heatedly. "How many? A dozen?"
"There were two or three," said Jack briefly,
He had no mind to tell the German officer the size of the British squadron.
The German officer was silent for several minutes and then he said: "Why didn't you tell me this in the first place?"
"You didn't ask me," replied Jack, with a tantalizing laugh.