Pirate Latitudes: a Novel
“The drumbeats were louder, and they could see the faint flicker of fire, inland.
Seated alongside him, Lazue said, “They do not eat women.”
“Fortunate for you,” Hunter said.
“And for Lady Sarah.”
“It is said,” Lazue said, chuckling in the darkness, “that the Caribee do not eat Spaniards, either. They are too tough. The Dutch are plump but tasteless, the English indifferent, but the French delectable. It is true, do you not think?”
“I want her back,” Hunter said grimly. “We n...eed her. How can we tell the governor that we rescued his niece only to lose her to savages for their boucan-barbecue?”
“You have no sense of humor,” Lazue said.
“Not tonight.”
He looked back at the other boats, following in the darkness. All together, he had taken twenty-seven men, leaving Enders back on the El Trinidad, trying hastily to refit her by the light of fires.MoreLess
Seated alongside him, Lazue said, “They do not eat women.”
“Fortunate for you,” Hunter said.
“And for Lady Sarah.”
“It is said,” Lazue said, chuckling in the darkness, “that the Caribee do not eat Spaniards, either. They are too tough. The Dutch are plump but tasteless, the English indifferent, but the French delectable. It is true, do you not think?”
“I want her back,” Hunter said grimly. “We n...eed her. How can we tell the governor that we rescued his niece only to lose her to savages for their boucan-barbecue?”
“You have no sense of humor,” Lazue said.
“Not tonight.”
He looked back at the other boats, following in the darkness. All together, he had taken twenty-seven men, leaving Enders back on the El Trinidad, trying hastily to refit her by the light of fires.MoreLess
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