"Will you do what I have suggested?" pressed the young submarine skipper.
"Why, I—er—er—"
Doctor McCrea hesitated, then again laughed, as he replied:
"Mr. Benson, all I can say is that I—I—well, I'll have to think it over. I'm afraid that I—but I'll think it over."
CHAPTER XXIII
WHAT BEFELL THE MAN IN THE BRIG
The "brig" is a place aboard a warship, as aboard some merchant vessels, that is set apart for prison purposes.
Here drunken or mutinous members of the crew are confined. Here, too, on board a vessel of war, any enlisted man is likely to be stowed away when under severe discipline for any reason.
It is a room fitted up like a prison cell, and having a barred door of iron.
On a war vessel a marine sentry, with bayonet fixed to his gun, is usually stationed before the door, both to watch the prisoners and to prevent men of the crew from talking with those under arrest.