Prisoners of the Sea a Romance of the Seventeenth Century
Prisoners of the Sea a Romance of the Seventeenth Century
Mary E Wilkins Freeman And Florence Morse Kingsley
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231 PRISONERS OF THE SEA " Suppose I succeed in compelling this precious crew to take me to the island with my skin intact a most unlikely supposition to begin with how could I make good the escape of the women ? Why in heaven's name did I speak of the island at all ? Why did I not rather offer them gold to take me to Terciora ? Peste, I am a fool. I am in their power. They will acquaint them- selves with my purse whenever it so pleases them. ' ' Just as he reached this disheartening conclusion... he looked up and saw the dark face of the pirate, whose arm he had wounded with his pistol -ball, peering in at the door. "Ah, my good fellow, " he said, realizing with un- pleasant distinctness that the fellow might have killed him with the greatest ease, " your arm. I am something of a surgeon, and can make shift to ease you of your pain, since there is no more skilled leech at hand. ' ' He said these words in French, bearing in mind the man's look when he had so addressed him upon deck. "Morbleu /" ejaculated the man, holding out his in- jured member for inspection.
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