"You heard my answer to that," Darrin returned, his lips tightening. "I refuse to reveal the name of the destroyer."
"Her present station?"
"I decline to answer."
"Your reason for being away from your craft and being aboard the 'Rigsdak'?" queried the German, glancing up.
"I was washed overboard in a gale, and rescued by the crew of the 'Rigsdak'," Dave answered, truthfully, without going into details.
"Were you washed overboard from the craft of which you are commanding officer?" pressed the German.
"Again I must decline to answer."
"Oh, very good," said the ober-lieutenant, carelessly. "I shall find that out presently."
Then, as he scanned the information he had written down, the German asked:
"Darrin? Darrin? Where have I heard that name before?"