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Leonard's heart stood still, but presently the Portugee changed his mind and turned away. "Gone!" screamed Pereira, bringing the glass down so heavily on the arm of his chair that it flew into fragments. "Gone," said Pereira again. "Now, friend Pierre, before we ratify this matter by the aid of holy Church, perhaps you will table the gold. This is a cash transaction, remember."
The burly "Portugee" haunted the cabin of Pedro the farmer. He was the most solicitous and the most active of all who strove to befriend and encourage the unhappy father, and no one was more devoted than he to the slowly-recovering girl.
In front was the Captain of the port, a well-known and esteemed gentleman of the name of Cato, like myself a small man who had gone through many adventures. Accompanied by some attendants, he was seated on the after-skylight, smoking, with his eyes fixed upon Stephen and the Portugee. "Glad to see you, Quatermain," he said.
There was some difficulty too as to medical attendance, for we had cashiered our Surgeon that is to say, he had run away at Grande in the Brazils, to marry a brown Portugee woman; and the Doctor of Physic he was all for Herbal Treatment, demanding Succory, Agrimony, Asarabacca, Knights-pound-wort, Cuckoo-point, Hulver-bush, with Alehoof, and other things not to be found in this part of the World.
"She went up in smoke an' flame, an' finally sunk when she'd burned to the Plimsol mark. "Every man of the crew and afterguard got safely into two boats. This wasn't far to the westward of Fayal in mebbe somewhere near the same spot where that Portugee fisherman reports pickin' up the Curlew's boat.
Dunn, you are the best officer in the city; 'pon my soul, these fellows can't escape you! Where did you pick up that nigger?" said he, with a look of satisfaction. "A fat fee case, Mr. Grimshaw, 'contrary to law; he's a Portugee nigger. Never had so much trouble with a nigger in my life; I didn't know but the fellow was going to preach a sermon.
Miss Gregory watched him with some impatience; she had yet to learn that a Portugee of the Coast will even lose money to inconvenience an English man or woman. "You got money?" he asked. Miss Gregory squared her shoulders. "I shall pay in the morning," she said. "You need have no fear; the Consul will be back to-morrow; I inquired at the Consulate."
When the bids had reached seventy ounces the Arab muttered "Allah!" and gave up. He preferred to wait for the houris. "Knock her down," said the wizened man, "she is mine." "Hold on a bit, my little friend," said the great Portugee, Xavier, who had passed the water-gate before Leonard and his companions. "I am going to begin now. Seventy-five." "Eighty," said the little man.
"One way you look at it, Uncle Jed," said the Cap'n, "it's a come-down swifter'n a slide from the foretop the whole length of the boomstay. I've been master since I was twenty-four, and I'm goin' onto fifty-six now. I've licked every kind in the sailorman line, from a nigger up to Six-fingered Jack the Portugee.
We got our empty Casks ashore, and sent our Carpenter, with a friendly Portugee, to look out Wood for Trustle-trees, both our Main and Fore being broke; but the Weather was so Wet and violent Sultry, that we could do nothing.
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