Can't possibly row without them. We'll simply anchors aweigh and drift towards our destination. They stand there and look at each other for a couple of seconds. About six yards sir. Cripps holds up a cardboard tube.
Captain takes it and holds it like a telescope, aiming it in the direction of the audience.
Cripps Uh, yes sir. Special orders just received. Cambridge invaded, drift upstream at once. Cripps More likely to be Americans, sir. Cripps Torpedoes armed, sir.