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lemy Pengilly, their generalissimo; but now that it was clear the whole body of men needed no such countenance to their project, it would be expedient to get rid of me as well as Sir Harry. So to the captain, who still lay in the cabin, I went, and asked him if he knew of the change that had been made.
"That villain, Rodrigues!" I exclaimed. "I saw his devilish hand in this. We are lost!"
"Lost? What do you mean by that?" asks Sir Harry, bating his breath.
"I mean that you have parted with the only honest men in the crew, and have none but ruffians left about you."
"Nay, you wrong them. Desperate they are, for who but desperate men would dare a desperate enterprise? But they are honest--I'll answer for 'em. They have sworn to follow me, and they will."
"You will be lucky to get away without such followers," says I; "but, in truth, I doubt if we do ever set foot again on dry land."
Sir Harry could not speak awhile for astonishment. At length he says, speaking low:
"Are you sure of this you tell me, Pengilly? Are you honest with me?"
"I'll say nothing for my honesty," says I; "but I'll swear to the truth to what I tell you. There's not a man but is already a pirate at heart; and they only want a signal from Rodrigues to kill us and hoist the bloody flag."
Sir Harry started up, and took a pace or two across the cabin; then, coming to a stand, he turns and says:
"No, Pengilly; I can't believe this. Tell me you have tried to fool me, and I'll forgive you."
"Nay, but you must believe," says I, "or you can not escape else"; and then I laid bare all that I knew, with my own share in the villainous scheme, not sparing myself the shame of this confession. He listened to me patiently, but when I came to an end he says, with passion:
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