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You have my sympathy, sir. From henceforth she will become theResolution. Stillstreaming smoke and orange flame behind her, the Gull headed for theopen sea. Behind them, men and women leaped onto the benchesand craned for a view, then rushed in a body to the doorway and thewindows as Sir Francis and Hal were urged down the staircase into theyard.

But we are athis mercy, for the Resolution has no mainmast and the cannon are out ofher. Behind them the first dhow was ablaze, and her flames lit the bay,brilliantly illuminating the quarry to the Golden Bough's gunners asshe ran on amongst them. When he had finished Schreuder asked, Who was theowner of this ship and of the cargo she was carrying? The honourable Dutch East India Company. Then a swift V-shaped wake sped down the channel towhere the corporal was splashing about in the shallows.