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But of course
Don Diego cannot go in person, because he is... otherwise engaged.
He has a slight touch of fever - shall we say? - that detains him
in his cabin. But you, his son, may convey all this and some other
matters together with his homage to your uncle. You shall go in a
boat manned by six of these Spanish prisoners, and I - a
distinguished Spaniard delivered from captivity in Barbados by your
recent raid - will accompany you to keep you in countenance. If I
return alive, and without accident of any kind to hinder our free
sailing hence, Don Diego shall have his life, as shall every one of
you. But if there is the least misadventure, be it from treachery
or ill-fortune - I care not which - the battle, as I have had the
honour to explain, will be opened on our side by this gun, and your
father will be the first victim of the conflict."
He paused a moment. There was a hum of approval from his comrades,
an anxious stirring among the Spanish prisoners. Young Espinosa
stood before him, the colour ebbing and flowing in his cheeks.


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