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And if a ship was wrecked on their island of a night they said it was all to the good. They grew very crafty in seamanship, and cunning in what they did, for they knew that any news of the _Desperate Lark_'s old crew would bring hangmen from the interior running down to every port. AND IF A SHIP WAS WRECKED ON THEIR ISLAND OF A NIGHT THEY SAID IT WAS ALL TO THE GOOD THEY GREW VERY CRAFTY IN SEAMANSHIP AND CUNNING IN WHAT THEY DID FOR THEY KNEW THAT ANY NEWS OF THE DESPERATE LARK'S OLD CREW WOULD BRING HANGMEN FROM THE INTERIOR RUNNING DOWN TO EVERY PORT
ith 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. 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. They mostly moved by night; sometimes they hovered off sea-coast towns as of old, sometimes they boldly entered river-mouths, and even attached themselves for a while to the mainland, whence they would plunder the neighbourhood and escape again to sea. ED 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 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 THEY MOSTLY MOVED BY NIGHT SOMETIMES THEY HOVERED OFF SEA COAST TOWNS AS OF OLD SOMETIMES THEY BOLDLY ENTERED RIVER MOUTHS AND EVEN ATTACHED THEMSELVES FOR A WHILE TO THE MAINLAND WHENCE THEY WOULD PLUNDER THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND ESCAPE AGAIN TO SEA
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