If they were to be able to defend themselves, let alone seekemployment in the service of the Prester, then Hal must find seamen. Iwill leave Sultan Ahmed El Grang to explain this to you in secrecy. We will waste no more of the ship's time withthis matter. We thank you humbly for the rewards you have sobountifully heaped upon us.
He was a small man, but his fingers werework-toughened, hard as iron marlin spikes He found Hal's windpipe andblocked it off ruthlessly. At first he doubted his own eyesight, but theflames lit him so clearly that there could be no mistake. Two hundred convicts and soldiers stormed the gates in a rush forsafety. This meant that eventhose poor creatures who succumbed during the dreadful tropical passageof the Ocean of the Indies must lie rotting with the living in theconfined spaces of the tween decks.
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