Thereupon Levasseur
proposed that the Arabella and her prize should return to Tortuga
there to unload the cacao and enlist the further adventurers that
could now be shipped. Levasseur meanwhile would effect certain
necessary repairs, and then proceeding south, await his admiral at
Saltatudos, an island conveniently situated - in the latitude of
11 deg. 11' N. - for their enterprise against Maracaybo.
To Levasseur's relief, Captain Blood not only agreed, but pronounced
himself ready to set sail at once.
No sooner had the Arabella departed than Levasseur brought his ships
into the lagoon, and set his crew to work upon the erection of
temporary quarters ashore for himself, his men, and his enforced
guests during the careening and repairing of La Foudre.
At sunset that evening the wind freshened; it grew to a gale, and
from that to such a hurricane that Levasseur was thankful to find
himself ashore and his ships in safe shelter. He wondered a little
how it might be faring with Captain Blood out there at the mercy
of that terrific storm; but he did not permit concern to trouble
him unduly.
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