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Colonel Cornelius Schreuder waited for an hour in the antechamber ofthe castle before Governor van de Velde condescended to see him. Buzzard returns before we are fit for sea, then they'll fight nobetter with half the meat stripped off their backs. Hal went smoothly back on guard, and glanced quickly around for hisnext opponent, but the charge of seamen had almost wiped out the fileof musketeers. Then, sir, would you care to come down and take it from me? Schreuder asked.

Every ship that left Table Bay would carry the tidingsacross the oceans and to every port in the civilized world. There,in a clearing beneath the spreading forestcanopy, the carpenters set it on trestles and began to trim and shapeit, so that it could be stepped into the hull to replace thegale-shattered mast. I would not ask for a reward, other than a modest amount to compensateme for my time and expenses, Cumbrae agreed. As they realized the menace of the gaping guns, the crew of the dhowfled from the rail and flung thems