“Dat am berry funny!” muttered Pomp, shaking his head; “but it gibs us a good chance.”
“You are right! How is the tank?”
“A’right now, sah! I done fink we can go to the bottom berry quick, sah.”
“Good!”
Pomp closed the doors, and then went into the pilot-house. He pressed the tank lever.
At once the boat began to sink.
Down she went steadily, and Pomp, flashing the searchlight, finally saw the bottom.
Under the sea the Dolphin had nothing to fear from the hurricane. This was her advantage over the Aurelian.
It was now in order to find the missing men of the crew. What their fate was could only be guessed.
But Pomp sent the submarine boat forward at full speed. In a very few moments she was in the vicinity of the spot from which she had been driven by the explosion of the bomb.