8/17 That's a T.B.D., my friends!--torpedo-boat destroyer. What's more, far off as she is, my experienced eye and sure knowledge tell me exactly what she is. "Miss Greyle thinks that her mother will have raised a hue and cry after the _Pike_. This torpedo thing is probably looking round for us. She--what's that ?" The sudden sharp crack of a gun came across the calm surface of the sea, and the watchers turning from their fire towards the black object in the distance saw a cloud of white smoke drifting away from it. |