make the difference between survival anda lingering death to a party stranded on this savage, unexploredcoast. he had been waiting for the attackers to discharge theirmuskets, and then he would have them at a fleeting disadvantage as theytried to reload. He started on themain deck and then, with his two boatswains, opened every hatch. It seems that even thesharks could not stomach that piece of carrion.
He looked up at the hull of the ship, trundling majestically past him,and then he was left in her wake, which glistened slick and oily in thestarlight. Then he went back to be alone with hisgrief. Will you be with me, you and our son? he insisted. Flumen sac rum bene cognosco! Sir Francis set the lantern upon the tall stone and, in its yellowlight, they knelt again.
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