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As Alleyne stooped to raise him, the air seemed to be alive with the sharp zip-zip of the bolts, and he could hear them pattering on the deck like apples at a tree-shaking. "Raise two more mantlets by the poop-lanthorn," said Sir Nigel quietly. "And another man to the tiller," cried the master-shipman. "Keep them in play, Aylward, with ten of your men," the knight continued.
"Pray," said I, breaking in upon him, "what ship is this?" He started, deliberated an instant, and answered, "The Boca del Dragon." "A Spaniard?" He nodded. "She was a pirate?" said I. "How do you know that?" he cried with a sudden fierceness. "Sir," said I, "I am a British sailor who has used the sea for some years, and know the difference between a handspike and a poop-lanthorn.
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