"I'll tell him," said Jack.
"Send for him at once," urged the Captain. "If we remain here much longer, we'll be blown out of water. You heard those explosions?"
"They harmed no one but the sea creatures," Jack replied. "They were bad for them."
"Where is Nestor?" was then asked.
"Visiting on the Shark," was the reply.
"If they've got him, he'll never come back," gritted the Captain.
"But they haven't," said the boy. "We're going to run the Sea Lion over to the Shark now and help them entertain him."
"You're a fool!" roared Moore. "Don't you tell them that we are on board—my son and myself."
"Don't they know it?"
"How should they know it? Don't you tell them. If you do they will raid your ship and get us."