Thenthey ducked behind the parapet on both sides of the gun, keeping clearof the area where the train would recoil, and stared past the stockadeinto the forest beyond. All three studied Sukeena's features openly. The sentries at the gates of the fort saluted Schreuder, who was wellknown to them, and they went through into the interior courtyard. just intime, he smelt the smoke of their burning match and then picked outtheir green doublets and the white cross belts as they wove their waythrough the trees of the forest.
Hal was silent for a while, and then he asked, Why do you tell methese things, jiri? Do you wish to return to your own people? Jiri hesitated. Now a party of seamen waited on the foredeck, armed withbuckets of the caustic substance. I will give you one of the pirmaces fromthe Golden Bough, and a crew of Llewellyn's pirates to help you makeyour own way back to Good Hope. It was a lucky shot, and the man threw up both hands and sank,leaving a pink stain on the surface.
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