"Here, fellows!" he shouted.
The boat shot up beside him.
"I think so, sir," the boy answered, "but he was too far down for me."
The Eel had stripped. He stood up and looked pleadingly at the lieutenant.
"Sure you're not tired?"
The Eel smiled.
"Overboard with you, then!"
He dived.
Dozens of times though Eric had seen the Eel dive, and often as he had tried to imitate him, the boy never ceased to envy his comrade his extraordinary power of going into the water without the slightest splash. Powerful dive though it was, scarcely a drop of water seemed to be displaced as the Eel went down.