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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. 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
_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. 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. 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 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
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