the caravel intothe galleon, and the dispatch of the Lady Edwina in command ofSchreuder to the Cape with letters of dem The stroke ofthe expert swordsman buried the blade full length in the bull's flesh,and it bucked and whirled away, snatching the hilt out of Hal's hand. The monstrous head burst through the surface and the mouth opened wideenough to engulf Ahmed's pitifully shredded remains. Hal slipped behind it and shrank back against therock wall.
Within a dozen yards he was into deeper water and hadlost the bottom. Therewas that entrancing odour again, that giddy woman's smell. With their swinging trot they kept up easily withSchreuder's horse. He crouched thereand surveyed the deck.
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