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There were six ships at first, and that night they slipped away from all but two; but all the next day those two were still in sight, and each of them had more guns than the _Desperate Lark_. THERE WERE SIX SHIPS AT FIRST AND THAT NIGHT THEY SLIPPED AWAY FROM ALL BUT TWO BUT ALL THE NEXT DAY THOSE TWO WERE STILL IN SIGHT AND EACH OF THEM HAD MORE GUNS THAN THE DESPERATE LARK
ements. And at the hour when sick men mostly die, and sentries on lonely ramparts stand to arms, exactly half-an-hour before dawn, Shard, with two rowing boats and half his crew, with craftily muffled oars, landed below the battlements. They were through the gateway of the palace itself before the alarm was sounded, and as soon as they heard the alarm Shard's gunners at sea opened upon the town, and before the sleepy soldiery of Bombasharna knew whether the danger was from the land or the sea, Shard had successfully captured the Queen of the South. They would have looted all day that silver sea-coast city, but there appeared with dawn suspicious topsails just along the horizon. Therefore the captain with his Queen went down to the shore at once and hastily re-embarked and sailed away with what loot they had hurriedly got, and with fewer men, for they had to fight a good deal to get back to the boat. They cursed all day the interference of those ominous ships which steadily grew nearer. ER THE SEAWARD BATTLEMENTS AND AT THE HOUR WHEN SICK MEN MOSTLY DIE AND SENTRIES ON LONELY RAMPARTS STAND TO ARMS EXACTLY HALF AN HOUR BEFORE DAWN SHARED WITH TWO ROWING BOATS AND HALF HIS CREW WITH CRAFTILY MUFFLED OARS LANDED BELOW THE BATTLEMENTS THEY WERE THROUGH THE GATEWAY OF THE PALACE ITSELF BEFORE THE ALARM WAS SOUNDED AND AS SOON AS THEY HEARD THE ALARM SHARD'S GUNNERS AT SEA OPENED UPON THE TOWN AND BEFORE THE SLEEPY SOLDIERY OF BOMBASANER KNEW WHETHER THE DANGER WAS FROM THE LAND OR THE SEA SHORD HAD SUCCESSFULLY CAPTURED THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH THEY WOULD HAVE LOOTED ALL DAY THAT SILVER SEA COAST CITY BUT THERE APPEARED WITH DAWN SUSPICIOUS TOPSAILS JUST ALONG THE HORIZON THEREFORE THE CAPTAIN WITH HIS QUEEN WENT DOWN TO THE SHORE AT ONCE AND HASTILY RE EMBARKED AND SAILED AWAY WITH WHAT LOOT THEY HAD HURRIEDLY GOT AND WITH FEWER MEN FOR THEY HAD TO FIGHT A GOOD DEAL TO GET BACK TO THE BOAT THEY CURSED ALL DAY THE INTERFERENCE OF THOSE OMINOUS SHIPS WHICH STEADILY DREW NEAR
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