Max Pemberton

“ But the gutter scum at Brest stoned him out of the town for nigger driving—and Black bought his ship."
"Why should he buy it, Osbart; what does he think he will do with it?"
"What will he do with it? Can you ask? Will he not hunt them down like vermin? It's true, by ——! He will sweep the seas before he has finished. I heard his oath to do it, and I am not thin-skinned. Well, it turned me cold. Black is the longest-armed enemy that ever lived, Strong. ”

“ To hunt down a man like that in his own seas; to think that he could be trapped at the Haven. They'll pay the price now as many another will know, and pay it before the year has run. You are the lucky one, Strong. ”

“ We are in for the prettiest time that ever was known in all this universe. There will not be a warship on any sea which will be out of the game presently. I doubt if we will find safe anchorage from China to Peru. ”

“ And we have given you the best quarters in the ship."
"The best quarters in the ship? Now you're joking, Osbart."
He smiled again and pointed to the window.
"Ice Haven is becoming as fashionable as Portsmouth, he said. "There's hardly a month in the year when one warship or the other does not cruise hereabouts. So, you see, we prefer deep waters. Black will bring her up when it's safe to do so. But not an hour before, believe me."
"Then she is a submarine?" ”

“ And we can last but ten days afloat—ten days, and then we lie like a log for any gun to smash. That's what Black is doing now. Is there any other man afloat who would take the risk?"
"There certainly should not be. How many weeks do you give him, Osbart?"
He laughed and rose as the sound of an alarm echoed through the ship.
"How many weeks? Perhaps not one. You had better ask him yourself, for we are going up and may breathe again. That's the signal. Come out and see the sun—who knows, we may never see it again!"
And with that he was gone from the cabin ”