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La Merveille was the first to come up, and, striking fairly at her stern, riddled her windows with a gust of artillery and prepared to board: a feat that was thrice prevented by Captain Runacles and a couple of dozen marines, English and Dutch. Then followed Captain Denoyre with the Sanspareil, who approached from the starboard side and lost both his masts as he did so.
As it was, however, not a man present had the slightest mistrust of him. He had conquered all their prejudices. The Commodore resumed the short speech he had been making; and when he had concluded, one captain followed another with criticism and fresh proposals Captain Baudus, of Le Paon, the Chevalier de Sainte-Croix, of La Merveille, Captain Denoyre, of the Sanspareil.
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