“Working. Thank God! Call this—one—seven—three—seven. Repeat it in code, three times.”
She put in the call. Then they waited. Suddenly, the radio began to snap.
“That’s their answer,” she said quietly.
“Tell them to send bombers. We’re being attacked by subs, this position.” He laid a paper before her.
She set the accelerator talking.
Again they waited.
Again came the snap-snap of code.
“Repeat,” she wired back.
The message was repeated. “Okay,” she wired. “They’re sending twenty bombers,” she said quietly.
“Good! What about Riggs?” the Captain asked.