“No,” replied Lord Hastings. “I shall be the last to go.”
Jack bowed.
“Very well,” he said. He turned to Frank. “Come, Frank,” he said. “You first.”
“Not me,” Frank protested. “I’ll wait until the rest have gone.”
“Have your own way,” said Jack. He turned to the German prisoner. “You first, then, sir,” he said calmly.
The German bowed.
“It might as well be me as another,” he said.
He stepped to the torpedo tube and crawled in.
“Lucky I am not too big,” he said cheerfully.
“Ready?” asked Jack.