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proud, unchanged for hundreds of
and did their
recognize the speaker. He was tall
We were happy, because we had no
When all the measurements
what could he do? After
pitched. Making an effort to speak
blood cannot be killed except on
“Very well.” Alison stood up. “Come with me, Monsieur de
Scotland as queen there will be trouble. The religious balance there is delicate, and a strongly Catholic monarch will probably start a civil war.
Once again Captain Bacon had presented him with the perfect target. The galleon was heading straight for the guns of the Hawk. At such close range Barney could not miss. He fired all six guns in rapid succession, then yelled: “Reload! Reload!” Then he looked out, and saw that his shooting had been even better than he had hoped. One ball must have struck the mainmast, for as he watched it was falling forward, pushed by the wind. The pace of the galleon slowed as some of its sails collapsed. The mainmast fell into the rigging of the damaged foremast and that, too, began to
of England.” She paused, looking across the twenty miles of water to the far side of the estuary.
herself look royal this morning. After breakfast they sat in the mean little room they inhabited at the castle, waiting to hear their fate.
admired her idealism. “I’m afraid there’s only one of her, and she married someone else,” he said. This was a fruitless subject of discussion, he thought impatiently. He said: “Where will your next sea voyage take you?” “I want to go to the New World again. I don’t like the slave trade—the cargo is too liable to die on the voyage—but over there they need just about everything, except sugar.” Ned smiled. “And I seem to remember you mentioning a girl . . .” “Did I? When?” “That sounds to me like a
of England. But the uprising had gained little support, the queen’s forces had put it down quickly, and Mary Stuart remained a prisoner. Ned said: “It fizzled out.” “Five hundred men have been hanged!” Bart said indignantly. “By the queen who complains of Mary Tudor’s cruelty!” Ned said mildly: “Men who try to overthrow the monarch are generally executed, in every country in the world, I believe.” Bart was a poor listener, like his father, and he responded as if he had not heard Ned. “The north is poor enough already, but it
crossed Paul’s lined face. “Oh, dear,
palace
unexpected ways, and he had to improvise.
living
