Aboli climbed up to where they clung helplessly to the shrouds andmocked them. Welles had sailed four weeks previously fromthe English factory of St. eeks were adorned with ritual tattoos,whorls of raised cicatrices that gave him a terrifying appearance. Then Hal worked them at the guns, running them out then in again, untilthe men sweated, strained and grinned as they cursed him for a tyrant.
They watched in horror as the galleon bore down on them,growing larger with each second until she seemed to blot out all thestars and they could hear the voices of the men on her deck. The Buzzard boomed with laughter. There is still much to do before daylight. With surprise, Hal saw that the dhow was already on its way back to theshore.
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