Chapter 29 THE STING OF THE NETTLE

The moment when the Snipe was first sighted from the bridge of the Cobra was immediately after Brant's refusal to put into Plymouth to allow Miss Jimpson to communicate with her "young man." The girl had just turned away to rejoin Violet in the saloon, when her quick ears caught the phrase-

"There's a torpedo craft of sorts away to the nor'-east