"No, for if that power is turned off it will only be added to the screw, and we have too much power there already. See how we are flying—as fast as an express train."
"That's true, sir, and let me add, it's not the worst of it."
"No? What do you mean?"
"We are running due East, captain."
"I know that, Gilson."
"By this time we must be within two or three miles of land. If we can't stop the Holland XI.——"
"We must stop her!" ejaculated the young captain. "If we don't she'll strike shore like a battering ram!"
"Right you are, sir."
Oscar waited to say no more, but rushed to where the steering apparatus of the submarine craft was located.
The electricity was still playing all over the compartment, yet he felt that he must at least change the course of the new Holland or all would surely be lost.