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A dozen years ago, as a lad of barely twenty, Levasseur had sailed
with that monster of cruelty L'Ollonais, and his own subsequent
exploits bore witness and did credit to the school in which he had
been reared. I doubt if in his day there was a greater scoundrel
among the Brethren of the Coast than this Levasseur. And yet,
repulsive though he found him, Captain Blood could not deny that the
fellow's proposals displayed boldness, imagination, and resource,
and he was forced to admit that jointly they could undertake
operations of a greater magnitude than was possible singly to either
of them. The climax of Levasseur's project was to be a raid upon
the wealthy mainland city of Maracaybo; but for this, he admitted,
six hundred men at the very least would be required, and six hundred
men were not to be conveyed in the two bottoms they now commanded.
Preliminary cruises must take place, having for one of their objects
the capture of further ships.
Because he disliked the man, Captain Blood would not commit himself
at once.


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