Just come as quick as you can.
Do you not realize the boat is sinking, going down under our very feet?
For all I know it may take the plunge before we can reach the deck.

There is no time for anything but action.

Quick; let me take your hand." She obeyed without a word, and he pressed her before him out through the door into the more brightly lighted cabin.

Her eyes opened in horror at the sight of Masters, and she drew back trembling against West's arm.
"Who--who is that?
A dead man ?" "I fear so; wait just a second until I learn; if he still lives we cannot leave him here." West bent over the motionless figure; the flesh was no longer warm; and he could detect no breath.

Satisfied, he regained his feet.
"It is all over with," he said gravely.