Hopbobbed his head and coloured with gratification. He stopped abruptly and faced Schreuder, hauling up hissleeve to display the ridged purple scar that disfigured his shoulder. He wondered why theGovernor wanted to be rid of the colonel. The two pinnacesmaintaining their formation, beads in the necklace, were spread outfifteen leagues on each side of the Lady Edwina, part of the net hisfather had cast wide to ensnare the Dutchmen.
The four ships at anchor in the bay wereall burning lanterns at their mastheads. There is a fort to build. In the meantime, Schreuder and Cumbrae, assisted by Limberger, thecaptain of the galleon, were taking stock of the spice barrels. Eachtime the lookout hailed the quarterdeck, Hal went aloft himself,longing to see the top sails of a square-rigged ship come up over thehorizon, and to recognize the set of the Gull of Moray.
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