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Chapter 26

           Theyweredowninthecabin,andconversedinanundertone;buttheskylightbeingoff;Ioverheadeverywordthatwassaid.

           "Idon’thalf-likeit,"saidthemate."Itseemstomethatwe’llonlyhavehardfightin’andnopay."

           "Nopay!"repeatedthecaptaininavoiceofsuppressedanger."Doyoucallagoodcargoallfornothingnopay?"

           "Verytrue,"returnedthemate;"butwe’vegotthecargoaboard.WhynotcutyourcableandtakeFrenchleaveo’them?What’stheuseo’tryin’tokilltheblackguardswhenit’lldousnomannero’good?"

           "Mate,"saidthecaptaininalowvoice,"youtalklikeafresh-watersailor.Icanonlyattributethisshynesstosomestrangedelusion,forsurely,"hisvoiceassumedaslightlysneeringtoneashesaidthis"surelyIamnottosupposethatyouhavebecomesoft-hearted!Besides,youarewronginregardtothecargobeingaboard;there’sagoodquarterofitlyinginthewoods,andthatblackguardchiefknowsit,andwon’tletmetakeitoff.Hedefiedustodoourworstyesterday."

           "Defiedus!didhe?"criedthematewithabitterlaugh."Poor,contemptiblething!"

           "Andyetheseemsnotsocontemptiblebutthatyouareafraidtoattackhim."

           "WhosaidIwasafraid?"growledthematesulkily."I’masreadyasanymanintheship.But,captain,whatisitthatyouintendtodo?"

           "Iintendtomufflethesweepsandrowtheschooneruptotheheadofthecreekthere,fromwhichpointwecancommandthepileofsandal-woodwithourgun.

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