"You'll go just the same."
"A prisoner?"
"Certainly—a prisoner charged with piracy on the high seas."
"You're a meddling fool!" roared the Captain.
Ned paid no attention to the personal abuse of the angry man, but turned to Hamblin.
"I want to talk with you," he said, "but I must get this man on board the Sea Lion first. You'll wait here?"
Before the trader could reply, a shout came over the water from the submarine, and a column of smoke came out of the open hatch.
"I guess you've got all the trouble on the Sea Lion you need there," snarled Moore, "without taking me on board. Your ship's on fire!"