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The
following
day
my
conscience
rose
up
and
accused
me
.
This
was
not
what
I
had
come
out
to
do
.
These
triflings
with
pearls
and
parrakeets
,
these
al
fresco
luncheons
off
yams
and
bananas
—
there
was
no
“
making
of
history
”
about
them
,
I
resolved
that
without
further
dallying
I
would
turn
to
and
capture
the
French
frigate
,
according
to
the
original
programme
.
So
we
upped
anchor
with
the
morning
tide
,
and
set
all
sail
for
San
Salvador
.
Of
course
I
had
no
idea
where
San
Salvador
really
was
.
I
haven
’
t
now
,
for
that
matter
.
But
it
seemed
a
right
-
sounding
sort
of
name
for
a
place
that
was
to
have
a
bay
that
was
to
hold
a
French
frigate
that
was
to
be
cut
out
;
so
,
as
I
said
,
we
sailed
for
San
Salvador
,
and
made
the
bay
about
eight
bells
that
evening
,
and
saw
the
topmasts
of
the
frigate
over
the
headland
that
sheltered
her
.
And
forthwith
there
was
summoned
a
Council
of
War
.
It
is
a
very
serious
matter
,
a
Council
of
War
.
We
had
not
held
one
hitherto
,
pirates
and
truck
of
that
sort
not
calling
for
such
solemn
treatment
.
But
in
an
affair
that
might
almost
be
called
international
,
it
seemed
well
to
proceed
gravely
and
by
regular
steps
.
So
we
met
in
my
cabin
—
the
Princess
,
and
the
bo
’
sun
,
and
a
boy
from
the
real
-
life
lot
,
and
a
man
from
among
the
book
-
men
,
and
a
fellow
from
No
-
man
’
s
-
land
,
and
myself
in
the
chair
.
The
bo
’
sun
had
taken
part
in
so
many
cuttings
-
out
during
his
past
career
that
practically
he
did
all
the
talking
,
and
was
the
Council
of
War
himself
.
It
was
to
be
an
affair
of
boats
,
he
explained
.
A
boat
’
s
-
crew
would
be
told
off
to
cut
the
cables
,
and
two
boats
’
-
crews
to
climb
stealthily
on
board
and
overpower
the
sleeping
Frenchmen
,
and
two
more
boats
’
crews
to
haul
the
doomed
vessel
out
of
the
bay
.
This
made
rather
a
demand
on
my
limited
resources
as
to
crews
;
but
I
was
prepared
to
stretch
a
point
in
a
case
like
this
,
and
I
speedily
brought
my
numbers
up
to
the
requisite
efficiency
.
The
night
was
both
moonless
and
star
-
less
—
I
had
arranged
all
that
—
when
the
boats
pushed
off
from
the
side
of
our
vessel
,
and
made
their
way
toward
the
ship
that
,
unfortunately
for
itself
,
had
been
singled
out
by
Fate
to
carry
me
home
in
triumph
.
I
was
in
excellent
spirits
,
and
,
indeed
,
as
I
stepped
over
the
side
,
a
lawless
idea
crossed
my
mind
,
of
discovering
another
Princess
on
board
the
frigate
—
a
French
one
this
time
;
I
had
heard
that
that
sort
was
rather
nice
.
But
I
abandoned
the
notion
at
once
,
recollecting
that
the
heroes
of
all
history
had
always
been
noted
for
their
unswerving
constancy
.
The
French
captain
was
snug
in
bed
when
I
clambered
in
through
his
cabin
window
and
held
a
naked
cutlass
to
his
throat
.
Naturally
he
was
surprised
and
considerably
alarmed
,
till
I
discharged
one
of
my
set
speeches
at
him
,
pointing
out
that
my
men
already
had
his
crew
under
hatchways
,
that
his
vessel
was
even
then
being
towed
out
of
harbour
,
and
that
,
on
his
accepting
the
situation
with
a
good
grace
,
his
person
and
private
property
would
be
treated
with
all
the
respect
due
to
the
representative
of
a
great
nation
for
which
I
entertained
feelings
of
the
profoundest
admiration
and
regard
and
all
that
sort
of
thing
.
It
was
a
beautiful
speech
.
The
Frenchman
at
once
presented
me
with
his
parole
,
in
the
usual
way
,
and
,
in
a
reply
of
some
power
and
pathos
,
only
begged
that
I
would
retire
a
moment
while
he
put
on
his
trousers
.
This
I
gracefully
consented
to
do
,
and
the
incident
ended
.
Two
of
my
boats
were
sunk
by
the
fire
from
the
forts
on
the
shore
,
and
several
brave
fellows
were
severely
wounded
in
the
hand
-
to
-
hand
struggle
with
the
French
crew
for
the
possession
of
the
frigate
.
But
the
bo
’
sun
’
s
admirable
strategy
,
and
my
own
reckless
gallantry
in
securing
the
French
captain
at
the
outset
,
had
the
fortunate
result
of
keeping
down
the
death
-
rate
.
It
was
all
for
the
sake
of
the
Princess
that
I
had
arranged
so
comparatively
tame
a
victory
.
For
myself
,
I
rather
liked
a
fair
amount
of
blood
-
letting
,
red
-
hot
shot
,
and
flying
splinters
.
But
when
you
have
girls
about
the
place
,
they
have
got
to
be
considered
to
a
certain
extent
.
