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If appetite were any guide , none of the submarine people felt the slightest uneasiness as to information that the sprightly Mlle. Nadiboff might be able to coax from Captain Jack while on that auto drive . By the time that the quartette came out again , however , Farnum began to look bothered . `` After two , '' he declared , `` and Jack not here . Now , at three o'clock , I 've agreed to take out a party of naval officers from the gunboat . We want to show those Navy fellows some of our prettiest work in the ` Benson . ' '' `` It looks as though your young captain is finding his companion so pleasant that he forgets to look frequently at his watch , '' suggested the reporter , slyly . `` Jack Benson does n't know anything about the three o'clock appointment , '' replied Mr. Farnum .