He is, as you see, another fine strong specimen- Fivehundred guilders! growled the Buzzard, and glared at the otherbuyers, as if daring them to bid at their peril. The day will come when you will have to kill both of them, said adeep voice beside him, and he glanced at Aboli. Hal went forward. His lips twitched in a smile that lackedhumour, and he adjusted the hang of the golden sword at his side beforehe strode to the flap of the tent.
It was a small price to pay, Hal supposed, andyet, though he knew it to be weakness, he mourned Stan Sparrow. He tried to step forward to lay hold of one of thehandles of the chest but it was as though he had encountered aninvisible barrier that held him back. Say, even, that we succeeded in that, andthat the store of powder we destroyed has since been replenished byshipments from Holland. Thirty seamen walked away with the tackle and then lowered eachculverin to the galleon's deck.
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