Pirate: Privateer
“Thunderclouds billowed and massed over the town, their undersides dark and swollen. But they never released rain. The sea breeze which normally cooled the town by day failed. The air trapped under the cloud blanket was stiflingly hot and oppressive. Drawn into the lungs it felt as if it had already been breathed twice over. Everyone suffered. There was a general run of headaches and fevers and the lowering sky produced a widespread sense of foreboding. The evenings drew dark almost the moment t...he sun went down, and at that early hour many townsfolk took to their beds and hammocks. They lay sweating, unable to sleep, listening to the hum and whine of the flying insects that multiplied and thrived in the sultry conditions. In the front room of his town house, Captain Blackmore, planter and council member, could feel the sweat trickling down his back and pooling in the little hollow at the base of his spine. Although only a short while after sunset, it was already so dark that he had called on the servants to light the candles.MoreLess
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