First, Colonel, may I trouble you for a littlecompassion? None of my men has had a drop of water since yesterdayafternoon. Men! Aboli whispered. Their goldshines as prettily. I must insist that you allow me to lead the entry into thelagoon.
He waspale and sweat sheened his forehead, but that was the only visibleeffect the liquor had upon him. He commanded a ship full of tough, unruly men, whom hehad handpicked for their ferocity and who would take any show ofkindness as weakness. Theuneventful months they had been camped here had lulled them into acomplacent mood. The swirling cloudsthickened, spilling densely and heavily as oil across the lagoonwaters.
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