Титанік
Chapter 11
ThefoolishFrankfurtoperatorstilloccasionallyinterruptedwithaquestion,andhewasfinallytold,withsuchbrusquenessasthewirelessiscapableof,tokeepawayfromhisinstrumentandnotinterferewiththeseriousconversationsoftheTitanicandCarpathia.
ThenBridetookPhillips’splaceattheinstrumentandsucceededingettingawhisperfromtheBaltic,andgradually,overhundredsofmilesofocean,theinvisibleethertoldtheshipsthattheirgiantsisterwasindistress.Thetimepassedquicklywiththeseurgentconversationsonwhichsomuchmightdepend,andhourbyhourandminutebyminutethewaterwascreepingupthesteepsidesoftheship.OncetheCaptainlookedinandtoldthemthattheengine-roomsweretakinginwaterandthatthedynamosmightnotlastmuchlonger.ThatinformationwasalsosenttotheCarpathia,whobythistimecouldtellthemthatshehadturnedtowardsthemwitheveryfurnacegoingatfullblast,andwashurryingforwardattherateofeighteenknotsinsteadofherusualfifteen.Itnowbecameaquestionhowlongthestorageplantwouldcontinuetosupplycurrent.Phillipswentoutondeckandlookedround.“Thewaterwasprettycloseuptotheboatdeck.Therewasagreatscrambleaft,andhowpoorPhillipsworkedthroughitIdon’tknow.Hewasabraveman.Ilearnttolovehimthatnight,andIsuddenlyfeltforhimagreatreverence,toseehimstandingtherestickingtohisworkwhileeverybodyelsewasragingabout.WhileIliveIshallneverforgettheworkPhillipsdidforthatlastawfulfifteenminutes.
