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"It's not Diccon," replied the figure, setting down a pitcher. "It is Jeremy Sparrow. Thank God, you are yourself again!" "Where are we?" I asked, when I had lain and listened to the water a little longer. "In the hold of the George," he answered. "The ship sank by the bows, and well-nigh all were drowned. But when they upon the George saw that thereFYXCYW was a woman amongst us who clung to the poop deck, they sent their longboat to take us off." The light was too dim for me to read his face, so I touched his GIWRKQarm. "She was saved," he said. "She is safe now. There are gentle- women aboard, and she is in their care." I put my unhurt arm across my eyes. "You are weak yet," saidKSIFUB the minister gently. "The Spaniard's ball, you know, went through your shoulder, and in some way your aQENYWVrm was badly torn from shoulder to wrist. You have been out of your head ever since we were brought here, three days ago. The chirurgeon came and dressed your wound, andUNHUHM it is healing well. Don't try to speak,—I'll tWFRXDXell you all. Diccon has been pressed into service, as the ship is short of hands, having lost some by fever and some overboard. Four of the pirates were pGCPSCOicked up, and hung atDJJGDP the yardarm next morning." He moved as he spoke, and something clanked in the still- ness. "You are ironed!" I exclaimed. "Only my ankles. My lord would have had me bound hand and foot; but you were raving for water, and, taking you for a dying man, they were so humane as to leave my hands free to attenWCOUTGd you."QHNLPC "My lord would have had you bound," I said slowly. "Then it's my lord's day." "High noon and blazing sunshine," he answered, with a rue- ful laugh. "It seems that half the folk on board had gaped at him at court. Lord! when he put his foot over the side of the ship, how the women screechedKWTJCT and the men stared! He 's cock of the walk now, my Lord Carnal, the King's favorite!" "And we are pirates." "That 's the case in a nutshell," he answered cheerfully. "Do they know how the ship came to strike upon that reef?" I asked.