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And some of those present thoughtfully stroked their necks while Captain Shard unfolded to them his plan. He said the time was come to quit the _Desperate Lark_, for she was too well known to the navies of four kingdoms, and a fifth was getting to know her, and others had suspicions. AND SOME OF THOSE PRESENT THOUGHTFULLY STROKED THEIR NECKS WHILE CAPTAIN CHARD UNFOLDED TO THEM HIS PLAN HE SAID THE TIME WAS COME TO QUIT THE DESPERATE LARK FOR SHE WAS TOO WELL KNOWN TO THE NAVIES OF FOUR KINGDOMS AND A FIFTH WAS GETTING TO HER AND OTHERS HAD SUSPICIONS
 come to tell his men the secret. Riding off Teneriffe one night, he called them all together. He generously admitted that there were things in the past that might require explanation: the crowns that the Princes of Aragon had sent to their nephews the Kings of the two Americas had certainly never reached their Most Sacred Majesties. Where, men might ask, were the eyes of Captain Stobbud? Who had been burning towns on the Patagonian seaboard? Why should such a ship as theirs choose pearls for cargo? Why so much blood on the decks and so many guns? And where was the _Nancy_, the _Lark_, or the _Margaret Belle_? Such questions as these, he urged, might be asked by the inquisitive, and if counsel for the defence should happen to be a fool, and unacquainted with the ways of the sea, they might become involved in troublesome legal formulae. And Bloody Bill, as they rudely called Mr. Gagg, a member of the crew, looked up at the sky, and said that it was a windy night and looked like hanging.  DECIDED THAT THE TIME HAD COME TO TELL HIS MEN THE SECRET WRITING OFF TENERIFFE ONE NIGHT HE CALLED THEM ALL TOGETHER HE GENEROUSLY ADMITTED THAT THERE WERE THINGS IN THE PAST THAT MIGHT REQUIRE EXPLANATION THE CROWNS THAT THE PRINCES OF ARRAGON HAD SENT TO THEIR NEPHEWS THE KINGS OF THE TWO AMERICANS HAD CERTAINLY NEVER REACHED THEIR MOST SACRED MAJESTIES WHERE MEN MIGHT ASK WERE THE EYES OF CAPTAIN STOWBOD WHO HAD BEEN BURNING TOWNS ON THE PATAGONIAN SEABOARD WHY SHOULD SUCH A SHIP AS THEIRS CHOOSE PEARLS FOR CARGO WHY SO MUCH BLOOD ON THE DECKS AND SO MANY GUNS AND WHERE WAS THE NANCY THE LARK OR THE MARGARET BELL SUCH QUESTIONS AS THESE HE URGED MIGHT BE ASKED BY THE INQUISITIVE AND IF COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENCE SHOULD HAPPEN TO BE A FOOL AND UNACQUAINTED WITH THE WAYS OF THE SEA THEY MIGHT BECOME INVOLVED IN TROUBLESOME LEGAL FORMULAE AND BLOODY BILL AS THEY RUDELY CALLED MISTER GAGG A MEMBER OF THE CREW LOOKED UP AT THE SKY AND SAID THAT IT WAS A WINDY NIGHT AND LOOKED LIKE HANGING
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