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Jenkins had not answered orally , but his gestures overruled the protest . Even Casey and Munson argued almost to quarreling over various `` tricks of their trade , '' which Denman , as he listened , could only surmise were to form a part of the private code they had spoken of when haranguing Jenkins . There was a nervous unrest pervading them all which , while leaving Florrie and Denman intact , even reached the engine room . At noon Sampson and Dwyer were relieved , and the former turned back to shout down the hatch : `` I told you to do it , and that goes . We 've over-hauled and cleaned it . You two assemble and oil it up this afternoon , or you 'll hear from me at eight bells . '' The voice of Riley -- who was nearly as large a man as Sampson -- answered hotly but inarticulately , and Denman could only ascribe the row to a difference of opinion concerning the condition of some part of the engines .