She hid theclothing behind her back and her cheeks went pale as ash as shestammered incoherently. Yourexcellency, I think you need have no fear that any living person knowswhere the treasure is, apart from the pirate himself. He lay like a corpse. No oneelse must ever hear you speak the name.
Before his eyes, tiny beads of perspiration welled upout of the pores of her skin, like the dew on the petals of a yellowrose. It looked like the sting from thevenomous tendrils of a Portuguese man-of-war. As he finished speaking, one of the largest reptiles, the first to takethe bait, suddenly let out a thunderous roar and arched its back untilthe cox combed tail flapped over its head. One of the helmsmen screamed, Oh, holy Mother of God, save our mortalsouls! We're going to strike! Hold your helm hard over! Llewellyn roared at him.
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