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Updated: May 21, 2025


It would be headed DEATH in large letters, with perhaps a skull-and-crossbones below it, and from it would depend three ominous black seals attached by black ribbons. The Secretary would naturally hesitate before presenting so awful a document to my father, who, in his turn, would exhibit a little natural emotion when receiving it.

"I do not see," remarked old Hogvardt, laying a hand on my shoulders, "any harm in loading our revolvers, my lord." I did not see any harm in it either, and we all followed Hogvardt's advice, and also filled our pockets with cartridges. I was determined I think we were all determined not to be bullied by these islanders and their skull-and-crossbones ditty.

Their habits were obscene and nocturnal. Cruel without hardihood, and greedy without courage, they were no skull-and-crossbones pirates of the old kind, that, under the black flag, neither gave nor expected quarter.

That Eben, as you call him I say, it ought to be Ebony he looks a regular Blackbeard, skull-and-crossbones sort of a customer. We'll collar anything that seems particularly good. I'm just in the humour to say I've as good a right to what there is as anybody else; but we'll share fair halves. I say!" "What?" "Old Blackbeard will stare when he finds that we've opened the irons.

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