To reach the stern the file of Dutch musketeers must climb the ladderfrom the quarterdeck to the poop. They have returned in the Governor's carriage. Their bowels were in a turmoil induced bythe diet of biscuit and pickled meat. It took only minutes for Aboli to carry out the order.
He landed on the far side and looked about him swiftly, but the Buzzardhad disappeared and instead two of his sailors charged at Hal. Then he tamped it down with the long wooden-handled ramrod. Aboli reached Sam Bowles the instant after the stiletto had flown fromhis fingers and sent him crashing to the deck with a blow of hisbunched fist. When they had eaten, the silver-headed councillor who had taken theminto the presence of the Monomatapa came to them.
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