Llewellyn had lashed himself to the mainmast and from there he directedthe efforts of his officers and men to keep the ship alive. I left food andwater for his journey, and before his eyes I set the cross of his God. Then you must be punished, she told him. Stand still, he urged, for just long enough to give me a shot.
She glanced idly through the window and her interest quickened. Flamboyant Chinese rugs covered thepolished floors, and the glass-fronted cabinets displayed a collectionof delicate ceramic ware in the distinctive and colourful glazes of theMing dynasty. Then he went down to his cabin and spread on his desk under the sternwindows those charts and sailing directions for the Gulf of Aden andthe Red Sea that he had inherited from Llewellyn. That's how they knew.
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