smiled at him, glad to be the focus ofattention once more. For four days Sir Francis Courtney's dismembered body remained onpublic display. The anchor watch on board the Golden Bough spotted him as soon as heleft the beach, and could tell by his dress and deportment that he wasa man of consequence. Then they started work onthe powder kegs and the bundles of weapons.
Hal primed the pan of his musket. Sound carried clearly across thestill water. Then the wall of gunsmoke was blown aside, and from across the narrowgap of water came the cheering of the other crew. The fight must still be ragingaboard her, for he could hear the faint shouts and the occasional popof a musket.
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