"You knew that the captain had asked yesterday morning, by the 'wireless,' for further identification of Manling.
"Early this morning, when we first arose, Mr. Dunneston and I together went to the 'wireless' operating room to inquire if answer had been received. We found then that we had been out of direct communication with land for several hours—almost since receiving our last message for the captain yesterday morning. But the Hibernia, which is following us about two hundred miles behind, had more recently communicated with land.
"Our operator reported us to the Hibernia and asked that vessel to try to get an answer for us from the land station. We waited several minutes, while we could hear the Hibernia trying to call the land station, when I agreed with our operator that it was useless and—either I went away with him, or got him to go away with me and give it up, as may be preferred.
"Mr. Dunneston was not satisfied, however!
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