Bring me my bag, Sukeena ordered, and Aboli went immediately. Aboli fired and sent another two green-jackets slithering downwards. Her warning proved timely. Will you give the signal, CaptainLlewellyn? The Buzzard went back and, in a few terse sentences, explained therules to Schreuder, who nodded and ducked under the rope of thebarrier.
Leave the bull, Aboli told Hal. They waited, their weapons held ready, and stared out into the nightwhere the yellow light of the flames could not reach. Be quiet, my lord. As the two ships came within hailing distance the crews swarmed intothe rigging and lined the bulwarks to shout ribald banter across thewater.