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I commend your discerning taste. Hal could see Schreuder now. He looked ahead at the hills andforest that awaited them. Hal could see them checking the priming in the pans of theirmuskets and lighting their slow-match, preparing themselves to make theshot as the grey mare and her rider came within fair musket range.

Bythe time that the Governor realized that he and Katinka were gone, theGolden Bough would be well out to sea and on course for the Orient. Give them a shot to see them off, Sir Francis ordered. First they discussed the recent hostilities between their twocountries, and expressed themselves pleased While the crew crowded the opening of the hatch above them Sir Francisand the boatswains went down, each carrying a lighted lant