"It's probably he."
To Bob "he" could mean but one man and, getting quietly out of his bunk, he stole across the room and shook his brother gently.
"Huh?" Jack grunted.
"Get awake," Bob ordered.
"What's up?"
"You'd better be."
By this time Jack was wide awake and, in a low whisper, Bob told him what he had heard.
"Think we'd better butt in?" Jack asked when he had finished.
"Well, I suppose Captain Ole will call us if he wants us but I don't believe he'd care if we got dressed and went out."
"Let's make it snappy, then," Jack whispered as he began to pull on his clothes.