"Take it easy, Stenn," I said. "Nothing can touch this bus. Where's the boat?" I shook him. "Where's the boat, Stenn?"
He came around long enough to tell me. It wasn't far—less than an hour's run.
"Stand by, Admiral," I said. "I'll be right back."
"Where ... you...."
"We need every good man we can get," I said. "And I think I know a guy that wants to join the Navy."
EPILOGUE
Admiral Stenn turned away from the communicator screen.
"I think we'd be justified in announcing victory now, Commodore." As usual, he sounded like a professor of diction, but he was wearing a big grin.
"Whatever you say, chief," I said, with an even sappier smile.