There were a dozen or so half-nakeddark-skinned sailors, but among them an elderly man dressed in afull-length robe whom Hal at first took to be the captain. Will the night never come? he lamented,and saw Schreuder send the next wave of climbers to rush the wall. How can we stop him? I will swim across to speak to him, Hal answered, and let go his holdon the gunwale. Say anextra two hundred pounds, that is four hundred in all, and I should beable to place the commission in your hands by tomorrow evening.
Eventually he placed his first mate, ArnoldFowler, in charge of the deck and ordered one of his longboats madeready. When Hal and Sukeena stepped out onto the deck together, the mengathered in the ship's waist stared at them with astonishment. The girl's lips were wet with hertears. You'll bestranded! Come back! Come back! His voice could not carry against the wind or the noise of battle.
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