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Let us hope so, Mister Bowles, the Buzzard grunted. He's just a child. Daniel had a line ready to heave across and, within seconds, the secondpinnace had disgorged her men and was on tow behind the Lady Edwina. Sukeena worked over the leg with swift, competent hands.

I have many friends in the colony, she explained. He found a pile of clean white shirts on one of theshelves, and pulled one on over his damp chest. With those in his hands he would have the key to every Dutchharbour and fort in the Indies. Which direction? Hal demanded.