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`` We want to be sure to be well out of the path of coastwise vessels , '' replied Danvers . `` That 's the main thing , you know . We ca n't take any risk of sinking a merchantman while we 're having our fun . '' `` With this tow , then , it will be three o'clock before we get out where we really ought to be , sir . '' `` That will give us at least two hours of good daylight , '' nodded Mr. Danvers . `` Of course you know this coast well enough to pick your way back after dark ? '' `` I 'd run the craft five times the distance , under water , and hit the harbor without thought of an accident , '' spoke young Benson , seriously , and with no thought of boasting .