The Sea Beggars (2016)
“He marked the watch book and put it away under the compass. Going aft, he leaned on the stern rail and looked out to sea. His hands moved, collecting his pipe and his tobacco pouch and firebox, but he stopped himself, remembering he had no more tobacco. Laying his arms down on the rail, he looked steadily out toward the gray rolling sea.
The Wayward Girl lay off the English coast, waiting for the pilot to arrive who would guide her into Plymouth harbor. This was Lumey’s idea, coming here, altho...ugh Pieter had grudgingly to agree to its good sense, since they had to sell the plunder from the Spanish ship. The rest of the Beggar fleet was scattered over the water around Pieter’s ship, which was why he kept his gaze pinned straight out toward the sea, where he had to look at none of them.
He hated them. He hated Lumey most, the brawler, the braggart, but he hated the others as well, although he knew them little. And now they had their grips on his nephew. His hands curled over the ship’s railing and he clenched his teeth in frustrated rage.MoreLess
The Wayward Girl lay off the English coast, waiting for the pilot to arrive who would guide her into Plymouth harbor. This was Lumey’s idea, coming here, altho...ugh Pieter had grudgingly to agree to its good sense, since they had to sell the plunder from the Spanish ship. The rest of the Beggar fleet was scattered over the water around Pieter’s ship, which was why he kept his gaze pinned straight out toward the sea, where he had to look at none of them.
He hated them. He hated Lumey most, the brawler, the braggart, but he hated the others as well, although he knew them little. And now they had their grips on his nephew. His hands curled over the ship’s railing and he clenched his teeth in frustrated rage.MoreLess
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