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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. 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
as a windy night and looked like hanging. 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. (More cutters than even Captain Shard suspected were already looking for her jolly black flag with its neat skull-and-crossbones in yellow.) There was a little archipelago that he knew of on the wrong side of the Sargasso Sea; there 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. P AT THE SKY AND SAID THAT IT WAS A WINDY NIGHT AND LOOKED LIKE HANGING 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 MORE CUTTERS THAN EVEN CAPTAIN CHARD SUSPECTED WERE ALREADY LOOKING FOR HER JOLLY BLACK FLAG WITH ITS NEAT SCOLLEN CROSSBONES IN YELLOW THERE WAS A LITTLE ARCHIPELAGO THAT HE KNEW OF ON THE WRONG SIDE OF 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
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