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`` It would seem so , sir , '' agreed Jack . `` Well , they probably will be in sight by the time we come up with the _ Glasgow _ , '' said Captain Raleigh . But two hours later , when the _ Queen Mary _ and _ Indefatigable _ came up with the other British ships , no enemy had been sighted yet . It was then almost nine o'clock . `` You are sure you have not miscalculated the time ? '' Captain Raleigh asked of Frank and Jack . `` Positive , sir , '' replied the former .