If they had allowedhim to slip from their grasp, he would have plummeted into the pinnaceand pulled the whole string of twenty-six men with him, almostcertainly capsizing the small boat. he would become a pariah. e hatch coamings had to be left off the main holds untilthe prize was taken into Sir Francis's secret base. The safety of my person and that of my wife isalso your responsibility.
Not one of them got away. Then the pain swelled within him until it filled hismind and his whole body. He made out the others sails then exactly where they shouldbe, tiny pale flecks against the dark sea. The galleon was already a cable's length away across the blue swell,the sounds of the fighting growing faint on the wind.
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