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Even then...! But it swerved away again and was lost in the mist. And Captain Shard said that they would need to get provisions first, and he, for one, intended to marry before he settled down; and so they should have one more fight before they left the ship, and sack the sea coast city of Bombasharna and take from it provisions for several years, while he himself would marry the Queen of the South. EVEN THEN BUT IT SWERVED AWAY AGAIN AND WAS LOST IN THE MIST AND CAPTAIN CHARGE SAID THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO GET PROVISIONS FIRST AND HE FOR ONE INTENDED TO MARRY BEFORE HE SETTLED DOWN AND SO THEY SHOULD HAVE ONE MORE FIGHT BEFORE THEY LEFT THE SHIP AND SACK THE SEA COAST CITY OF BALMASHAARNA AND TAKE FROM IT PROVISIONS FOR SEVERAL YEARS WHILE HE HIMSELF WOULD MARRY THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
e were about thirty islands there, bare, ordinary islands, but one of them floated. He had noticed it years ago, and had gone ashore and never told a soul, but had quietly anchored it with the anchor of his ship to the bottom of the sea, which just there was profoundly deep, and had made the thing the secret of his life, determining to marry and settle down there if it ever became impossible to earn his livelihood in the usual way at sea. When first he saw it, it was drifting slowly, with the wind in the tops of the trees; but if the cable had not rusted away, it should be still where he left it, and they would make a rudder and hollow out cabins below, and at night they would hoist sails to the trunks of the trees and sail wherever they liked. And all the pirates cheered, for they wanted to set their feet on land again somewhere where the hangman would not come and jerk them off it at once; and bold men though they were, it was a strain seeing so many lights coming their way at night.  THE SARGASSO SEA THERE WERE BUT THIRTY ISLANDS THERE BARE ORDINARY ISLANDS BUT ONE OF THEM FLOATED HE HAD NOTICED IT YEARS AGO AND HAD GONE ASHORE AND NEVER TOLD A SOUL BUT HAD QUIETLY ANCHORED IT WITH THE ANCHOR OF HIS SHIP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA WHICH JUST THERE WAS PROFOUNDLY DEEP AND HAD MADE THE THING THE SECRET OF HIS LIFE DETERMINING TO MARRY AND SETTLE DOWN THERE IF IT EVER BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO EARN HIS LIVELIHOOD IN THE USUAL WAY AT SEA WHEN FIRST HE SAW IT IT WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY WITH THE WIND IN THE TOPS OF THE TREES BUT IF THE CABLE HAD NOT RUSTED AWAY IT SHOULD BE STILL WHERE HE LEFT IT AND THEY WOULD MAKE A RUDDER AND HAUL ABOUT CABINS BELOW AND AT NIGHT THEY WOULD HOIST SAILS TO THE TRUNKS OF THE TREES AND SAIL WHEREVER THEY LIKED AND ALL THE PIRATES CHEERED FOR THEY WANTED TO SET THEIR FEET ON LAND AGAIN SOMEWHERE WHERE THE HANGMEN WOULD NOT COME AND JERK THEM OFF IT AT ONCE AND BOLD MEN THOUGH THEY WERE IT WAS A STRANGE SEEING SO MANY LIGHTS COMING THEIR WAY AT NIGHT
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