Please do not send meto die. Come up, Hal, Sir Francis called down at last, and Hal went up thecliff with the speed and ease of one of the young baboons. By this timehe was heartily bored with digging for Franky Courtney's elusivetreasure, and the promise of an easier way to fill his holds withriches had all of his attention. It was easy to see that her sails had been renewed before she sailedfrom Holland, and all her sheets and rigging were spanking new.
Another long silence. The subaltern had started forward at van de Velde's cry, and his swordwas half-way out of its scabbard as he rushed down the stairs. Sukeena stood at thebottom of the staircase and darted quick birdlike glances in everydirection as she searched for her brother's face among the gangs ofconvicts. Agreed! he said, and Llewellyn rose to his feet immediately andplaced the purse in the pocket of his tunic.
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