Scarface
“Chapter Fourteen “YOUR WAGES, SCARFACE—”
“I AM HUNGRY and I would go on deck. This is a dark hole, Scarface.” Francis tugged at his companion’s coat. “Let us go out of here—”
“You will discover, and speedily, Francis, that it no longer matters what you want. We are here for Captain Cheap’s pleasure and we do not go hence until he wishes it.” Justin rubbed his aching head. To gaze out the stern windows over the sunlit waters hurt his eyes strangely, yet he wanted to know those other ships which followed in their wake. One he had already identified as that of Buck—newly cleansed of bottom she fairly danced along the course set her. But the sloop which crept a full frigate’s length behind was strange to him.
“But why must we stay here?” persisted Francis. “Surely Captain Cheap would not mind if we went above where the wind is and it is not so hot!” He stood with both hands now on the table, steadying himself against the swing of the ship. Without his wig and his brave coat, stripped to s...hirt and breeches, he had lost some of his pertness and was only a bewildered small boy.MoreLess
“I AM HUNGRY and I would go on deck. This is a dark hole, Scarface.” Francis tugged at his companion’s coat. “Let us go out of here—”
“You will discover, and speedily, Francis, that it no longer matters what you want. We are here for Captain Cheap’s pleasure and we do not go hence until he wishes it.” Justin rubbed his aching head. To gaze out the stern windows over the sunlit waters hurt his eyes strangely, yet he wanted to know those other ships which followed in their wake. One he had already identified as that of Buck—newly cleansed of bottom she fairly danced along the course set her. But the sloop which crept a full frigate’s length behind was strange to him.
“But why must we stay here?” persisted Francis. “Surely Captain Cheap would not mind if we went above where the wind is and it is not so hot!” He stood with both hands now on the table, steadying himself against the swing of the ship. Without his wig and his brave coat, stripped to s...hirt and breeches, he had lost some of his pertness and was only a bewildered small boy.MoreLess
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