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'Not exactly, sir; but I wish to know myself, replied Hawkhurst, with an insolent air. 'Turn the hands up, replied Cain; 'as one of the ship's company under my orders, you will, with the others, receive the information you require. The crew of the pirate collected aft. 'My lads, said Cain, 'I understand, from the first mate, that you are anxious to know where you are going?
That I was not alone in my opinion was soon evident, for I heard the Doctor sigh, and look reproachfully at him, while twice over Sir Hawkhurst uttered a gruff, "No, no, sir. Oh, come, come, Seaborough, be just." "I am trying to be just," said my uncle sternly, after the General had said this last again. "Recollect, sir, I stand in the position of this boy's father.
To save himself he could scarcely hope; his only object was to prevent Francisco pleading his cause successfully, and escaping the same disgraceful death. He trusted that the court would order the torture to Francisco, and then he would probably speak the truth; at all events, let him speak now. When Hawkhurst had ceased to address the court, there was an anxious pause for some minutes.
It was a more debased law of duelling, which kept such profligate associates on good terms. Finding, therefore, that this feeling predominated, even among those who were opposed to Francisco on the other question, Hawkhurst thought it advisable to parley.
He perceived his chief mate standing by the hatchway, and many of the men, who had been slumbering abaft, with their heads raised on their elbows, as if they had been listening to the conversation below. 'It will never do, sir, said Hawkhurst, the mate, shaking his head. 'No, replied the captain; 'not if he were my own son. But what is to be done? he knows no fear.
Command you he cannot any longer, as he will never have the confidence of your captain; but let him live, and quit the vessel. 'Be it so, if you agree, replied Cain, looking at the men; 'I do not seek his life. The pirates consented. Hawkhurst rose slowly from the deck, and was assisted below to his cabin.
For my mother and my uncle had come down to fetch me, and say a few kind words to the Doctor and Mrs Doctor, as well as to visit Sir Hawkhurst. I saw Lomax too, and Mr Rebble and Mr Hasnip, at the door, and it seemed as if there was always some one fresh to shake hands with, the old sergeant shaking mine with both his, and his voice sounded very husky as he said,
As the prostrate Francisco was fast blackening into a corse, and the maiden screamed for pity, and became frantic in her efforts for his rescue, the boat dashed high up on the sand; and, with the bound of a maddened tiger, Edward sprang upon Hawkhurst, tearing him down on his back, and severing his wrist with his sword-blade until his hold of Francisco was relaxed, and he wrestled in his own defence.
"I have no doubt of it, if ever it is in your power; but I fear you not." As Francisco made this reply, the captain came up the ladder. Hawkhurst turned away and walked forward. "There is mischief in that man, Francisco," said the captain in an under-tone; "I hardly know whom to trust; but he must be watched.
In less than five minutes there was not a living Portuguese on the bloody decks of the ill-fated ship. 'Pass the word for not a man to go below, Hawkhurst! said the pirate-captain. 'I have, sir; and sentries are stationed at the hatchways. Shall we haul the schooner off? 'No, let her remain; the breeze is faint already: we shall have a calm in half an hour. Have we lost many men?
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