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The rest of the English made a rush, of course, to get upon the poop, seeing that the Spaniards could not shoot them through the deck; but the fire from the windows was so hot, that although they dodged behind masts, spars, and every possible shelter, one or two dropped; and Jack Brimblecombe and Yeo took on themselves to call a retreat, and with about a dozen men, got back, and held a council of war.
Yes, Amyas has come, and with him Will Cary and the honest parson, Jack Brimblecombe, and the good seamen of Devon; and Ayacanora, who knelt down obedient before Mrs. Leigh because she had seen Amyas kneel, and whom Mrs. Leigh took by the hand and led to Bur-rough Court. William Salterne would take none of his share of the treasure which was brought home, and which he had a just claim to.
John Brimblecombe had great doubts whether a venture thus started by direct help and patronage of the fiend would succeed; and Amyas himself, disliking the humbug, told Ayacanora that it would be better to have told the tribe that it was a good deed, and pleasing to the Good Spirit. "Ah!" said she, naively enough, "they know better than that.
The Indian paused, incredulous and astonished. "Overboard with you!" quoth Amyas. "Don't you know when you are well off?" "Plague on you, sirrah!" squeaked Jack Brimblecombe. "Have I a tail? Look here!" "Quien sabe? Who knows?" quoth the Indian through his nose. "How do you know we are heretics?" said Amyas. "Humph!
Amyas called on Salterne, and the old burgher besought him to go in pursuit of the Spaniard, and promised he would spend any money that was needed to fit out a ship to avenge his child. And Amyas heard that honest John Brimblecombe, now a parson, mindful of his oath to the brotherhood, was longing to seek the Rose, though it might be in the jaws of death.
Then John Brimblecombe spoke: "You are old, sir, and I am young; and perhaps it is not my place to counsel you. Moreover, sir, in spite of this strange dress of mine, I am neither more nor less than an English priest; and I suppose you will not be willing to listen to a heretic."
And one very dirty black one, with a beard, say Amen in a tree to all the other monkeys, just like Sir John on Sunday." This allusion to Brimblecombe and the preaching apes upset all but old Yeo. "But don't you recollect any Christians? white people?" She was silent. "Don't you mind a white lady?" "Um?" "A woman, a very pretty woman, with hair like his?" pointing to Amyas. "No."
He assigned her a handsome cabin to herself, always addressed her as madam, and told Cary, Brimblecombe, and the whole crew that as she was a lady and a Christian, he expected them to behave to her as such. The crew, of course, though they were a little vexed at losing their pet, consoled themselves with the thought that she was a "real born lady," and Mr.
"It is God's quarrel, sirs all," said Jack Brimblecombe; "let Him defend the right." As he spoke, from Ayacanora's hut arose her magic song, and quivered aloft among the green heights of the forest. The mob stood spell-bound, still growling fiercely, but not daring to move. Another moment, and she had rushed out, like a very Diana, into the centre of the ring, bow in hand, and arrow on the string.
About two Yeo came up to him. "He is ours safely now, sir. The tide has been running to the eastward for this two hours." "Safe as a fox in a trap. Satan himself cannot take him from us!" "But God may," said Brimblecombe, simply. "Who spoke to you, sir? If I thought that He There comes the thunder at last!"
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