It's enough! Aboli put an end to the hunt, and gathered up his kill. They will not take me so lightly now! he thought, but aloud he said, Twenty thousand Dutch guilders. This is my ship, my own ship. The longboat deposited them on the beach below the cliffs, where anarmed escort was waiting for them.
Oh, and by the way, make certainthat Mevrouw van de Velde is informed. The sailor bit down so hard upon it that thesinews in his neck stood out like hempen ropes. Swift as youcan, get down to the Gull's stern cabin. The Buzzard seized Colonel Schreuder's free arm and grated in his ear.
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