"I had a notion I was pretty wicked when I took such chances."
"It would have been criminal, if it hadn't been your purpose to show
what a craft of this type can do when pushed in emergencies. But I have
learned much to-day that will stand me in great stead, should I ever be
in command of a flotilla of submarines in war time."
"Then I suppose I ought to forgive myself for my recklessness," laughed
Jack.
"You want to forget it, Benson. The thing you want to remember is that
men who serve in navies sign their lives away when they enter the
service. All must be sacrificed, at the first instant of need, to the
service and to the Flag!"
"That idea would frighten some mothers, wouldn't it?" smiled Captain
Jack Benson.
"Fighting battles is not a woman's business," replied Danvers, soberly
and reverently. "Her task is to rear sons who shall be unafraid, and
to leave the rest to the God of Battles."
The "Hastings" now drifted so lazily over the waters that Eph stood by
the wheel, one hand resting indolently against the uppermost spokes.
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