Half naked they strove, oppressed by heat, sun, flies, thirst, exhaustion.

Tobacco was their only stay and solace.

The Master, however, only chewed khat leaves; and as for "Captain Alden," she toiled with no stimulant.
It was 7:33, on the morning of the sixth day, that Frazier--now chief engineer--came to the Master, as he was working over some complex bit of mechanism in his cabin.

Frazier saluted and made announcement: "I think we can make a try for it now, sir." Frazier looked white and wan, shaking, hollow-eyed, but a smile was on his lips.

"Two engines are intact.