The garrison will wake up at any moment now. A short time later they reappeared at the head of the staircase, butGovernor van de Velde was with them. Big Daniel must have recalled his men, then cut the grappling lines toget the Golden Bough away from the burning hull. Aboli was laughingand singing one of his pagan war-chants in a voice that carried overthe din of the battle and inspired every man who heard it.
It burns worse than the hot iron you spokeof. It will be a pleasure to serve under you, Captain. I am sure you know best, Mevrouw. It was the Gull of Moray, a frigate, not a Dutch East Indiaman.
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