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He then ordered course south , speed ten knots , and I took over the watch . An hour and a half later , when the navigator gave me a spell , a black cloud on the northern horizon marked the funeral pyre of another of our victims . When I went below , the Captain had just finished playing with his precious old chart . * * * * * We received a message at 2 a.m. last night from Heligoland to return forthwith ; it is now 2 a.m. and we are approaching the redoubtable Dover Barrage . We had no trouble coming up channel to-day , which seems singularly empty , at any rate in mid-channel , where we were . * * * * * We got back about three hours ago , and as I was appointed temporary to the boat , Von Weissman kindly allowed me to leave her and come up to Bruges as soon as we got into the shelters at Zeebrugge . I got up here just , in time for a late dinner .