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Therefore the captain with his Queen went down to the shore at once and hastily re embarked and sailed away with what loot they had hurriedly got, and with fewer men, for they had to fight a good deal to get back to the boat. They cursed all day the interference of those ominous ships which steadily grew nearer. THEREFORE THE CAPTAIN WITH HIS QUEEN WENT DOWN TO THE SHORE AT ONCE AND HASTILY RE EMBARKED AND SAILED AWAY WITH WHAT LOOT THEY HAD HURRIEDLY GOT AND WITH FEWER MEN FOR THEY HAD TO FIGHT A GOOD DEAL TO GET BACK TO THE BOAT THEY CURSED ALL DAY THE INTERFERENCE OF THOSE OMINOUS SHIPS WHICH STEADILY DREW NEAR
liest city of the coasts of the world, and that its palace was lovelier even than Bombasharna; but for the Queen of the South rumour had no comparison. Then night came down and hid the silver spires, and Shard slipped on through the gathering darkness until by midnight the piratic ship lay under the seaward battlements. And at the hour when sick men mostly die, and sentries on lonely ramparts stand to arms, exactly half-an-hour before dawn, Shard, with two rowing boats and half his crew, with craftily muffled oars, landed below the battlements. They were through the gateway of the palace itself before the alarm was sounded, and as soon as they heard the alarm Shard's gunners at sea opened upon the town, and before the sleepy soldiery of Bombasharna knew whether the danger was from the land or the sea, Shard had successfully captured the Queen of the South. They would have looted all day that silver sea-coast city, but there appeared with dawn suspicious topsails just along the horizon. ASHANA WAS THE LOVELIEST CITY OF THE COASTS OF THE WORLD AND THAT ITS PALACE WAS LOVELIER EVEN THAN BOMASHARNA BUT FOR THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH RUMOR HAD NO COMPARISON THEN NIGHT CAME DOWN AND HID THE SILVER SPIRES AND CHARGE SLIPPED ON THROUGH THE GATHERING DARKNESS UNTIL BY MIDNIGHT THE PIRATIC SHIP LAY UNDER THE SEAWARD BATTLEMENTS AND AT THE HOUR WHEN SICK MEN MOSTLY DIE AND SENTRIES ON LONELY RAMPARTS STAND TO ARMS EXACTLY HALF AN HOUR BEFORE DAWN SHARED WITH TWO ROWING BOATS AND HALF HIS CREW WITH CRAFTILY MUFFLED OARS LANDED BELOW THE BATTLEMENTS THEY WERE THROUGH THE GATEWAY OF THE PALACE ITSELF BEFORE THE ALARM WAS SOUNDED AND AS SOON AS THEY HEARD THE ALARM SHARD'S GUNNERS AT SEA OPENED UPON THE TOWN AND BEFORE THE SLEEPY SOLDIERY OF BOMBASANER KNEW WHETHER THE DANGER WAS FROM THE LAND OR THE SEA SHORD HAD SUCCESSFULLY CAPTURED THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH THEY WOULD HAVE LOOTED ALL DAY THAT SILVER SEA COAST CITY BUT THERE APPEARED WITH DAWN SUSPICIOUS TOPSAILS JUST ALONG THE HORIZON
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