She took up the receiver.
"Is that you, Captain Granet ?" she asked.
"I felt that I must ring you up," he declared, "to congratulate you, Miss Conyers, upon your brother's exploit.

I have had half a dozen soldier fellows in already this morning to talk about it, and we're simply mad with curiosity.

Do you think we shall be told soon how it was done ?" "Father's going down to the Admiralty to try and find out," Geraldine replied.

"Ralph doesn't say a word except that he sunk them.

We've had a wireless from him this morning." "It really doesn't matter much, does it," Granet went on, "so long as we get rid of the brutes.