“Is it best?” asked the young inventor.
“Why not?”
“Darkness has come on.”
This was true. With the going down of the storm had come night.
Those on board the Dolphin under the sea had no means of knowing this save by the chronometer.
Captain Uriah was thoughtful a moment.
Then he said:
“I think we had better, Frank.”
“All right,” agreed the young inventor. “It shall be so.”
He touched the lever and the boat sprang upward.