Ship of Fire
“The wind propelled the vessel forward at a pace that allowed much time to wonder at the hulls and masts growing ever more definite beyond the rocky mouth of the harbor.
Captain Foxcroft kept one hand on the rail of the quarterdeck, and gave the orders Admiral Drake passed on to him. All English flags and pennons, and Drake’s own insignia, were struck—brought down—the long, tapered flags fluttering and seeming to struggle against the hands taking them in. False flags were run up, insignia and co...lors I did not recognize, and the sight of which brought a laugh from Sir Robert.
“They are Flemish flags, if they are anything,” he said, in response to my question. The lowland country was in no conflict with any other, and her flag disguised our militant intentions perfectly.
It was afternoon when the sound of sea lapping on rocks reached us, and that exhalation rose all around of salt and seaweed—the presence of a shore. Which tiny figure along this beach, I wondered, would prove the vigilant sentry who put our lives in danger?MoreLess
Captain Foxcroft kept one hand on the rail of the quarterdeck, and gave the orders Admiral Drake passed on to him. All English flags and pennons, and Drake’s own insignia, were struck—brought down—the long, tapered flags fluttering and seeming to struggle against the hands taking them in. False flags were run up, insignia and co...lors I did not recognize, and the sight of which brought a laugh from Sir Robert.
“They are Flemish flags, if they are anything,” he said, in response to my question. The lowland country was in no conflict with any other, and her flag disguised our militant intentions perfectly.
It was afternoon when the sound of sea lapping on rocks reached us, and that exhalation rose all around of salt and seaweed—the presence of a shore. Which tiny figure along this beach, I wondered, would prove the vigilant sentry who put our lives in danger?MoreLess
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