"Why did you do it?
How could you ?" The world turned black before him.

He reeled as if from a blow, and would have fallen if Seymour had not caught him.

Philip strained his gaze out over the dark water.
"Oh, my father, my father!" he cried.

"Mr.Seymour, is there no hope, no chance ?" "None whatever, my boy; they are gone." "Oh, Katharine, Katharine! Why did you do it, Seymour ?" said Talbot, again.
Seymour turned away in silence.

He could not reply; now that it was done, he had no reason.
The dim light from the binnacle lantern fell on the face of Bentley; tears were standing in the old man's eyes as he looked at them, and he said slowly, as if in response to Talbot's question,-- "For love of country, gentlemen." And this, again, is war upon the sea!.