Those on ships are not able to see the ultimate consequences of the torpedoings as vividly as do those who live on the shore, receiving as a gift of the waves this continual consignment of victims.
The pilot had ended his letter with his usual supplications:--"Why do you persist in following the sea ?...

You want a vengeance that is impossible.

You are one man, and your enemies are millions....

You are going to die if you persist in disregarding them.

You already know that they have been hunting you for a long time.