“No; my commander is below. I am second in command.”
Dave stepped to the conning tower, bawling down in English:
“All hands on deck. Lively.”
Another human stream answered. Darrin turned to the German officer to ask:
“Are all your crew on deck now?”
Quickly counting, the enemy officer replied:
“Yes; all.”
“And your captain?”
“I do not know why he is not here. I cannot give him orders.”
By this time the marines were aboard from the second launch. Already the first detachment of German sailors, after search, was being transferred to the launch.