The shark came surging back and,beneath the surface, latched onto John's lower body, worrying and shaking him so that the damaged cask was again pulled under. He was so close now that his voice carried to Hal as he snapped athis men, Keep your line! Keep the advance going. Aboli seized Hal in a bear-hug. Henry Courtney, officer and mate.
When itwas lifted the feeble light that flooded the hold almost blinded them,and they lifted their hands, heavy with chains, to shield their eyes. Only one guard, and he seems to beasleep. He flopped forwards with Vincent's body still in his arms. a single shot fired from one ofthe drifting dhows smashed in through the gunwale, and tore across theopen deck.
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