"What do you propose to do, Herr Kapitan?" asked Strauss, after the climax of his employer's temper had been passed. "Do?" exclaimed von Giespert. "Something desperate. I will stick at nothing. Listen; how will this do?" His subordinate's eyes gleamed as he listened to the hastily-outlined scheme. "It is indeed colossal, Herr von Giespert," declared Strauss, his sense of proportion swept away by the magnitude of his employer's powers of imagination. "Carried out in its entirety it will be simply perfection." "It will be," agreed von Giespert grimly. "We must see to that." CHAPTER XXIII Eureka! "That young brother of yours has his head screwed on the right way, Beverley," observed Harborough in his blunt way, when he heard of the conversation that led to the nocturnal discovery of the treasure-ship. "Jolly good thing we brought him along. We might have been groping for the wreck for weeks." "I suppose it is the _Fusi Yama_," said Bobby. "Of course," declared Harborough emphatically. "The boat we fished up proves that." He glanced at his watch. "In another hour and a half we'll put a half-Nelson on the last remaining doubts." It was just before the breakfast-hour on the morning following the eventful night. The crew of the _Titania_, in spite of a somewhat boisterous demonstration that lasted till the small hours of the morning, were up and ready to resume operations. For the preliminary diving-work it was arranged that a descent should be made from one of the boats as before; then, the shoal water surrounding the wreck having been surveyed, a guide-rope could be paid out between the _Fusi Yama_ and the beach, in accordance with Claverhouse's suggestion. At seven and a half fathoms Swaine found himself on the poop of the submerged vessel. There was enough natural light at that depth to enable him to dispense with his electric lamp. Objects on her deck, which was fairly well preserved in spite of a lapse of five years, were readily discernable, but over the sides of the ship the water, thick with sand and mud, was as black as ink.