"Do you want to heave to and let them overhaul us ?" he asked.
"Certainly not," replied Cabot promptly.

"They have no right to meddle with us out here, and I would keep straight on without paying the slightest attention to them until they either sink us or get alongside." "All right," laughed the other.

"I only wanted to make sure how you felt.

Some fellows, you know, don't like to have cannon balls fired at them.".