Every burgher in the colony must be there. A fringe of coconut palms ringed thewhite beach of the bay, but the massive walls of the fortress were evenwhiter, dazzling as the ice slopes of a glacier in the sunlight. close alongside, heslid down the ladder and jumped across the narrow gap of water, landinglightly on her single deck. And that's not all.
Please, Captain, we meant no harm. With the bloody sword in his hand he strode down theline of prisoners. Before he reached the companionway to the stern cabin, there came ahail from the masthead. There was the soft thudding ofmuffled hoofs, as the horse-holders left the rocks where they had beenconcealed.
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