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he bore a strange resemblance to the ill-fated Stuarts. A holder of his own contrivance is in his mouth enabling him to smoke two cigars at once. Those, however, who have seen him in the flesh, which is an inadequate term for his earthly tenement, agree that the grimmest part of him is his iron claw.
They continue their distasteful singing as they disembark—
Avast, belay, yo ho, heave to,
A-pirating we go,
And if we’re parted by a shot
We're sure to meet below!
A-pirating we go,
And if we’re parted by a shot
We're sure to meet below!
NIBS, the only one of the boys who has not sought safety in his tree, is seen for a moment near the lagoon, and STARKEY’S pistol is at once up-raised. The captain twists his hook in him.
STARKEY (abject). Captain, let go!
HOOK. Put back that pistol, first.
STARKEY. ’Twas one of those boys you hate; I could have shot him dead.
HOOK. Ay, and the sound would have brought
