"Can't possibly, my dear boy," answered I.  "Somebody must look after the schooner, and you're that somebody; so please say no more about it. Now, lads," I continued, "we must make short work of this business; for if these craft lie alongside each other for ten minutes, in this sea, they will grind each other to pieces, and we shall all go to the bottom together.  So strike, and strike hard, the moment that you find yourselves on the enemy's decks.  Mr Jones, tell off six men to remain in the schooner with Mr Keene."