consistent with its duty to his Majesty, to lighten your confinement shall be done” —

“Then send him not again into the hold, Sir Francis!” exclaimed the Treasurer, with a wry face.

The Governor laughed. “Lighter and sweeter quarters shall be found. Your wife’s a brave lady, Captain Percy” —

“And a passing fair one,” said Claybourne under his breath.

“I left a friend below in the hold, your Honor,” I said. “He came with me from Jamestown because he was my friend. The King hath never heard of him. And he’s no more a pirate than I or you, your Honor. He is a minister, — a sober, meek, and godly man” —