Then Sukeena gripped his arm, digging her fingernails intohis flesh, and he knew that she had seen it also. He looked beyond the Gull of Moray, sweeping the horizon as it extendedswiftly with the coming of day. Shackled two by two, they were led to thefour rows of low wooden benches in the centre of the floor and seatedupon them, Sir Francis and Hal in the middle of the front row. Thenhe poured the contents of the bucket into the muzzle, and followed itwith the oakum wadding.
Suddenly he held hissword high to halt them. Cumbrae smiled and came up behind thekneeling man. As Sukeena had told him, the tunnel opened suddenly into a cavern highenough for him to stand. He raised his voice and an immediate, densesilence fell over the assembly.
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