"I reckon," Captain Ole replied not ungraciously.
The boat pulled up alongside and soon the two white men were on board.
"Well, what can we do for you?" Captain Ole asked as the two seemed to wait as though expecting him to speak.
"Do you know who we are?" asked the smaller of the two, a man about thirty years of age, dressed in white duck.
"Can't say I do," Captain Ole assured him.
"Then permit me to introduce myself and my friend here, I am Captain LeBlanc and this is Lieutenant Coua."
"And I am Captain Olsen and this is Mr. Lakewood, the owner of the Valkyrie and these are his nephews, Bob and Jack Lakewood," Captain Ole told them.
"I am sorry to inconvenience you, but I have orders to search your ship," Captain LeBlanc then informed them.
"Orders from whom?" Captain Ole demanded.
"From the French government."