The Prince smiled at this response. The English are thieves bynature, and pirates by vocation. the ships were under sail, thelittle caravel under studding-sails and top sails only, the greatgalleon with her mainsail set. He waded out as deep as his armpits to where the firstdevil ship bobbed, just off the beach, and lobbed the slow-match ontothe high pile of cordwood.
The cutlass sprang from the scabbard on his belt asthough it were a living thing. Thepitch cauldrons were bubbling and smoking over the coals, and therasping of saws and soughing of planes resounded through the camp. Once, as he was about to set out across the open ground, heheard drunken laughter and snatches of singing a Aboli began to dance, shuffling, stamping and singing in a circle aboutthe great carcass, and Hal danced with him.
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