That night inhis cell he lay on the clammy straw and relived the moment. He stated down at his papers, breathing like a pearl diver about toplunge out of his canoe into twenty fathoms of water. Sir Francis sat alone on the long bench as Hal left him and wentforward to take his place at the head of the row of prisoners below thedais. Sir Francis and Hal led in the long file ofprisoners and, before he could prevent himself, Hal looked quicklytowards the railed-off area at the far end of the hall.
When they came round the point and could look into the bay where thethree ships lay at anchor, Aboli dropped his burden of dead birds tothe sand. He felt a lift of relief. Of one thing only Hal was certain, when hereturned to the deck and ordered sail to be set once more. They satside by side in the entrance to the cave from where they could keep thefull sweep of the lagoon under their eyes, while Aboli related indetail everything that Jiri had been able to tell him.
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