Llewellyn would not leave his ship until he was certain that therepairs to her were well afoot and that, in all other respects, she wassnugged down and secure. In the chamber he settled with a vast sigh into the cushions of one ofthe high-backed chairs, and accepted a glass of brandy and a pipe oftobacco. atinka came down from the mountain like a fury,riding on the wings of the north-west gale that had sprung so suddenlyout of the sunny winter sky. Thehorses reared and plunged in terror, and Hal was lifted off his feet.
The boot glanced off hisshoulder, and sent him reeling backwards. They splashedabout, screaming for aid and trying to clamber into another longboatnearby, but it was already overcrowded and the men in her tried to beatoff the frantic seamen with their oars. Close enough, if your sun sight was true. Sir Francis smiled regretfully, and looked up at the tiny window sethigh in the stone wall.
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