"Yes," repeated the captain, "land is certainly there, not more than twenty miles to leeward."

"These are my instructions," repeated the captain.

From the time the first officer called "rotate" until the impact, the captain repeated the word "pull" about 27 times.

"An ohia wood box bound with copper," repeated the captain.

"I asked," the captain repeated, "if that was any better."

The captain repeated his request several times, but there was no answer.

She glanced wildly around as the captain of the Defiance repeated his demands that they surrender to be boarded.

"Sank insensible into your arms," repeated the captain, absorbing his new information.

But then the captain repeated himself, and then he said the same thing over again for a third and soon for a fourth time.

"I don't know," the captain repeated, his fists sweating at his sides.