It was obviously a request but Hal could not even guess at thesubstance of it. Unlike the captains of many privateers, even some Knights of the Order,Sir Francis took no pleasure in this punishment. This has the smell of Captain Franky's lair to it, he said. Back, youcraven swine! Or I'll blow your traitor's guts over the deck.
A thin shout of defiance reached Hal's ears as they closed the range. Four burghers fromthe town were seated below him, and he was laughing at something thathad just been said. With Barnard and his gang, there were ten art ned menin sight but any outcry could bring another twenty or thirty soldiershurrying out of the barracks and across the yard. But as soon as thebatteries on the heads have been put out of action, your ships willprovide the diversion by sailing in through them and bombarding thepirates encampment.
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