"I would still remain in a dense fog," I gasped in a low voice.
"Speak up!" snapped the officer.
"Full speed ahead and jumps," whispered a guy next to me. It sounded reasonable. I seized upon it eagerly.
"I'd put full steam ahead and jump, sir," I replied.
"Are you mad?" shouted the amazed officer.
"No, sir," I hastened to assure him, "only profoundly perplexed. I think, sir, that I would go into a conference, under the circumstances."
The officer seemed to be on the verge of a breakdown.
"What's your name?" asked another officer suddenly.
I told him.
"Initials?"