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We 're steaming into the crowd again , and they want to forestall inspection and suspicion . I wonder if our being allowed on deck is part of the plan ? A lady and an officer aft look legitimate . '' At noon every man was dressed to the regulations , in clean blue , with neckerchief and knife lanyard , while Jenkins and Forsythe appeared in full undress uniform , with tasteful linen and neckwear . That this was part of the plan was proven when , after a display of bunting in the International Signal Code from the yard up forward , they ranged alongside of an outbound tank steamer that had kindly slowed down for them . All hands but one cook and one engineer had mustered on deck , showing a fair semblance of a full-powered watch ; and the one cook -- Billings -- displayed himself above the hatch for one brief moment , clad in a spotless white jacket . Then , just before the two bridges came together , Jenkins hurried down the steps and aft to Denman to speak a few words , then hasten forward .