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So they lived for years, the pirates mostly gambling and drinking below, Captain Shard trying to please the Queen of the South, and she never wholly forgetting Bombasharna. When they needed new provisions they hoisted sails on the trees, and as long as no ship came in sight they scudded before the wind, with the water rippling over the beach of the island; but as soon as they sighted a ship the sails came down, and they became an ordinary uncharted rock. SO THEY LIVED FOR YEARS THE PIRATES MOSTLY GAMBLING AND DRINKING BELOW CAPTAIN CHARD TRYING TO PLEASE THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH AND SHE NEVER WHOLLY FORGETTING BALMASHAARNA WHEN THEY NEEDED NEW PROVISIONS THEY HOISTED SAILS ON THE TREES AND AS LONG AS NO SHIP CAME IN SIGHT THEY SCUDDED BEFORE THE WIND WITH THE WATER RIPPLING OVER THE BEACH OF THE ISLAND BUT AS SOON AS THEY SIGHTED A SHIP THE SAILS CAME DOWN AND THEY BECAME AN ORDINARY UNCHARTED ROCK
er than two ships, straining hard at its anchor, with the wind in the tops of the trees. And then they landed and dug cabins below and raised the anchor out of the deep sea, and soon they made the island what they called shipshape. But the _Desperate Lark_ they sent away empty under full sail to sea, where more nations than Shard suspected were watching for her, and where she was presently captured by an admiral of Spain, who, when he found none of that famous crew on board to hang by the neck from the yard-arm, grew ill through disappointment. And Shard on his island offered the Queen of the South the choicest of the old wines of Provence, and for adornment gave her Indian jewels looted from galleons with treasure for Madrid, and spread a table where she dined in the sun, while in some cabin below he bade the least coarse of his mariners sing; yet always she was morose and moody towards him, and often at evening he was heard to say that he wished he knew more about the ways of Queens. HE ISLAND NO BIGGER THAN TWO SHIPS STRAINING HARD AT ITS ANCHOR WITH THE WIND AND THE TOPS OF THE TREES AND THEN THEY LANDED AND DUG CABINS BELOW AND RAISED THE ANCHOR OUT OF THE DEEP SEA AND SOON THEY MADE THE ISLAND WHAT THEY CALLED SHIP SHAPE BUT THE DESPERATE LARK THEY SENT AWAY EMPTY UNDER FULL SAIL TO SEA WHERE MORE NATIONS THAN CHARGES SUSPECTED WERE WATCHING FOR HER AND WHERE SHE WAS PRESENTLY CAPTURED BY AN ADMIRAL OF SPAIN WHO WHEN HE FOUND NONE OF THAT INFAMOUS CREW ON BOARD TO HANG BY THE NECK FROM THE ARDARM GREW ILL THROUGH DISAPPOINTMENT AND SHARD ON HIS ISLAND OFFERED THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH THE CHOICEST OF THE OLD WINES OF PROVENCE AND FOUR DORMEN GAVE HER INDIAN JEWELS LOOTED FROM GALLEONS WITH TREASURE FOR MADRID AND SPREAD A TABLE WHERE SHE DINED IN THE SUN WHILE IN SOME CABIN BELOW HE BADE THE LEAST COURSE OF HIS MARINERS SING YET ALWAYS SHE WAS MOROSE AND MOODY TOWARDS HIM AND OFTEN AT EVENING HE WAS HEARD TO SAY THAT HE WISHED HE KNEW MORE ABOUT THE WAYS OF QUEENS
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