"Where am I?" he whispered.
"You're safe," Jack replied. "How do you feel?"
"I'll be all right in a minute. The ship? Did it—"
"Yes, she went down," Jack told him.
The captain closed his eyes and for a moment did not move. Then he again opened them and, in a much stronger voice, asked:
"How did I get in this boat?"
"Why, we put you in."
"But the others?"
"They're in another boat."
"They didn't wait?"