up under them, and theheavy boat with its full complement of ten rowers was lifted high outof the water. Hal turned from him and left him standingwithout orders. Can you send a reply? Tell her I amalive. Dimly now I think that I can remember your hands and your words ofcomfort.
Fear, Schreuder tried to break thecircle and lock up the blades as he had with Vincent, but Hal refusedand forced him on and on. In the light of theGull's battle lanterns Hal saw the grappling hooks hurled over her sideand heard them clatter on her deck. Below them their pursuers had been given new heart by this reverse intheir fortunes and were clamouring like a pack of hounds with the smellof the chase hot in their nostrils. Then aseries of powerful convulsions racked her body.
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