He dropped the mallet and held up both handsto his face in the attitude of prayer. Hal stood high on the scaffold,his dark hair ruffled by the wind and his bare chest wet and shiningwith raindrops. When the file of convicts had left the hall and the doors had closedbehind them, a hush fell and every eye rested on the lonely figure onthe bench. Paul wasDicky's ship-wife.
Direct yourfire, - Hal interrupted, in a breathless rush, The enemy ships areonly creating a diversion, Father. Four men waited ready with the tail of therope in their hands. She is a bird, and the wind is herlover. They brought the chains to the beach where the survivors of theResolution's crew, both Awounded and unharmed, were squatting underguard in the blazing sun.
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