The Dagger X (The Dagger Chronicles)
“Seawater dripped from the strings of beads at his chin, making them sparkle in the cave’s glow. He stood atop the rise of sand beyond the main pool, turtles moving around his boots. Kitto struggled up the rise behind him with his crutch, and Ontoquas, Quid, and Pickle stood silently in the pool.
“Ongelooflijk!” he muttered. “Not to be believed. Sometimes the silly stories the buccaneers tell are true after all.”
“You had heard about the nutmeg, then?” Kitto said.
“I heard about stolen treasure.... Every one of the raiders of Panama did. We all spoke of it, bitterly, when we recrossed that jungle back to our ships with hardly enough silver in our pockets to even notice its weight.” He stepped forward to caress the first neat staves.
Kitto hobbled over to the barrel that Ontoquas had broken through a few months before. He scooped up a handful of the nutmeg pods and offered his hand out to Exquemelin. The captain plucked one and held it toward the light.
“Men are stupid,”MoreLess
“Ongelooflijk!” he muttered. “Not to be believed. Sometimes the silly stories the buccaneers tell are true after all.”
“You had heard about the nutmeg, then?” Kitto said.
“I heard about stolen treasure.... Every one of the raiders of Panama did. We all spoke of it, bitterly, when we recrossed that jungle back to our ships with hardly enough silver in our pockets to even notice its weight.” He stepped forward to caress the first neat staves.
Kitto hobbled over to the barrel that Ontoquas had broken through a few months before. He scooped up a handful of the nutmeg pods and offered his hand out to Exquemelin. The captain plucked one and held it toward the light.
“Men are stupid,”MoreLess
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