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Updated: May 6, 2025
"Mildmay and I have talked the matter over together, and our gallant friend is confident of his ability to manoeuvre the Flying Fish so that the firing of a shell shall result in nothing more serious than the destruction of the convict-ship's rudder and propeller, thus completely disabling her without imperilling her safety."
Meanwhile the convict-ship's gig, with four oarsmen and a coxswain in her, was hanging on to the foot of her parent vessel's gangway-ladder; and presently a file of Russian soldiers, with bayonets fixed, were seen to approach the gangway, escorting between them a prisoner.
There were not many people visible about the convict-ship's decks, for the hour was still early, and the business of the day had not yet begun although, had she been British, her crew would already have been at the job of washing the decks and scouring the paint and brass-work.
A tinkling of bells in the ship's interior was distinctly heard by those aboard the Flying Fish, and presently the churning of water about the convict-ship's rudder suddenly ceased, showing that her engines had been stopped.
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