CHAPTER XXI

The House in Bobbinsky Prospekt "I'll risk it, Macquare," decided the Hon. Derek. "The responsibility's mine. If we are able to effect repairs and get away before the Baltic is closed by the ice we'll be able to do a little strafing on our own account. In that case I don't suppose I'll be rapped over the knuckles if we get home. If we don't, well--we shan't be alive, and official reprimand won't worry us then." "I agree, sir," said the Lieutenant. "Obeying orders is all very well in ninety-nine cases out of a …