They watched her bow and curtsy to the ebbwith a stately grace, and then Hal spoke again. She twisted out of his grip. The laughter died on his fat lips as Hop stood trembling at thethreshold, his face deathly pale, his eyes filled with tears. She was not usually so attentive, but all this evening shehad been in an affectionate and merry mood, laughing at his sallies
The sentries obeyed with alacrity, dropping theirmuskets and sidearms to the paving stones. Hal slowed thepace, almost imperceptibly, to give her respite, and called the middayhalt earlier than he had on the preceding days. Stray cannonballs, aimed toohigh, howled overhead, while others, aimed too low, skipped across thesurface of the water and crashed into the friendly ships anchoredalongside them. and he thrust his legs into hisbreeches and ran down the beach to scramble into the pinnace as itpulled away from the shore.
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