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So they set all sail, and often altered their course, and dodged and fled from strange lights till dawn appeared, and all day long fled southwards. SO THEY SET ALL SAIL AND OFTEN ALTERED THEIR COURSE AND DODGED AND FLED FROM STRANGE LIGHTS TILL DAWN APPEARED AND ALL DAY LONG FLED SOUTHWARDS
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. 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. And again the pirates cheered, for often they had seen seacoast Bombasharna, and had always envied its opulence from the sea.  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 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 AND AGAIN THE PIRATES CHEERED FOR OFTEN THEY HAD SEEN SEA COAST BOMBASHARNA AND HAD ALWAYS ENVIED ITS OPULENCE FROM THE SEA
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