CHAPTER XXVI
M. de RIVAROL
Captain Blood was still in that disgruntled mood when he sailed from
Tortuga, and still in that mood when he came to his moorings in the
bay of Petit Goave. In that same mood he greeted M. le Baron de
Rivarol when this nobleman with his fleet of five men-of-war at last
dropped anchor alongside the buccaneer ships, in the middle of
February. The Frenchman had been six weeks on the voyage, he
announced, delayed by unfavourable weather.
Summoned to wait on him, Captain Blood repaired to the Castle of
Petit Goave, where the interview was to take place. The Baron,
a tall, hawk-faced man of forty, very cold and distant of manner,
measured Captain Blood with an eye of obvious disapproval. Of
Hagthorpe, Yberville, and Wolverstone who stood ranged behind
their captain, he took no heed whatever. M. de Cussy offered
Captain Blood a chair.
"A moment, M. de Cussy. I do not think M. le Baron has observed
that I am not alone. Let me present to you, sir, my companions:
Captain Hagthorpe of the Elizabeth, Captain Wolverstone of the
Atropos, and Captain Yberville of the Lachesis.
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