“How’s what?” asked Sanford.
“It seems to me that we are clear of the ship, and without running away.”
“Don’t say a word. We got spilled out the boat, and it was not our doing. We obeyed De Forrest’s orders to the very letter, so that no fault can be found with us.”
“Of course not.”
“If De Forrest had not ordered me to shove off, I shouldn’t have done so.”
“Then the boat might have been ground up on the rocks.”
“Do you see anything green in my eye?” replied Sanford, suggestively.
“You don’t mean to say that you smashed the boat on purpose?”
“Certainly I don’t mean to say anything of the sort. I obey orders if I break owners, or boats either, for that matter.”
“What are you going to do next?”