Chapter 22

           Myheartseemedtoleapintomythroatatthewords;andturninground,Ibeheldamanofimmensestatureandfierceaspectregardingmewithasmileofcontempt.Hewasawhitemanthatistosay,hewasamanofEuropeanblood,thoughhisface,fromlongexposuretotheweather,wasdeeplybronzed.Hisdresswasthatofacommonseaman,exceptthathehadonaGreekskull-cap,andworeabroadshawloftherichestsilkroundhiswaist.Inthisshawlwereplacedtwopairsofpistolsandaheavycutlass.Heworeabeardandmoustache,which,likethelocksonhishead,wereshort,curly,andsprinkledwithgreyhairs.

           "So,youngster,"hesaidwithasardonicsmile,whileIfelthisgrasptightenonmyshoulder,"thevillainshavebeenbalkedoftheirprey,havethey?Weshallseeweshallsee.Now,youwhelp,lookyonder!"Ashespoke,thepirateutteredashrillwhistle.Inasecondortwoitwasanswered,andthepirateboatrowedroundthepointattheWaterGardenandcamerapidlytowardsus."Now,gomakeafireonthatpoint;andhark’ee,youngster,ifyoutrytorunawayI’llsendaquickandsuremessengerafteryou,"andhepointedsignificantlyathispistols.

           Iobeyedinsilence;andasIhappenedtohavetheburning-glassinmypocket,afirewasspeedilykindled,andathicksmokeascendedintotheair.Ithadscarcelyappearedfortwominuteswhentheboomofagunrolledoverthesea,andlookingup,Isawthattheschoonerwasmakingfortheislandagain.

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