He saw at a glance, from the ship's changed attitude tothe tide, that the ebb had set in. Hal closed the staring eyes and Sukeenawrapped these pathetic remnants in a scrap of cloth and prayed over thegrave they dug. Even from this distanceCumbrae could see that it was unfinished. When the culprit hung his head and shuffled hisfeet, he went on smoothly, But these rascals would test my mercy toits limits.
The sides were almost two hundred feet deep and densely covered withforest. There, hejumped from the gelding's back. isship and bringing to bear the full power of his broadside, snuffingthem out with a whirlwind of grape, flying sand and falling trees. They strode past him on bare feet, following theirwhite petty-officers, moving easily under their burdens, chattering toeach other in their own tongues.
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