"I don't know about the noise. I'm in steamer number one, if that's what you mean."
"What happened to you?"
"I didn't change my mind this time, and I fell overboard, that's all."
"Did you fall in?"
"No, I fell on—and that's worse."
"On what?"
"I fell on top of the steamer. I was headed all right, but the steamer got in my way. I'd have made a beauty dive into the salt sea if the steamer hadn't got in the way. But what's all this ruction for?"
"It is a drill."
"A drill!" exclaimed Hickey in disgust.
"Yes."