“Where are they?”
Blood did not know where the precious pair might be at that moment, but he answered:
“Frisco.”
“Are they a cable company or simple cable repairers?”
“Repairers, I think.”
“Where are the rest of the ship’s papers?”
Blood tramped off to his cabin, and returned with a bundle of all sorts of documents.
“Well,” said the lieutenant, “I can’t go through them now. I must get back and report. I’ll take these with me for reference.” He bundled log and papers together and put them under his arm.
“Look here!” said Blood. “Are you taking those off the ship?”
“Only for reference,” replied the other. “They will be quite safe, and you can have them back when I have reported.”