His only
precaution against those released prisoners was to order them into
the church and there lock them up, to await deliverance at the
hands of those who should presently be coming into the city.
Then, all being aboard the three ships, with the treasure safely
stowed in their holds and the slaves under hatches, the buccaneers
weighed anchor and stood out for the bar, each vessel towing three
piraguas astern.
The Admiral, beholding their stately advance in the full light of
noon, their sails gleaming white in the glare of the sunlight,
rubbed his long, lean hands in satisfaction, and laughed through
his teeth.
"At last!" he cried. "God delivers him into my hands!" He turned
to the group of staring officers behind him. "Sooner or later it
had to be," he said. "Say now, gentlemen, whether I am justified
of my patience. Here end to-day the troubles caused to the subjects
of the Catholic King by this infamous Don Pedro Sangre, as he once
called himself to me."
He turned to issue orders, and the fort became lively as a hive.
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