As _The Mahmoud_ was lost off the Balearics, it cannot have been her that put the marauders on shore and trained her big guns on Ilsin.

We take it, therefore, that the latter must have been a pirate, and as we have taken her derelict in our waters, she is now ours in all ways.

Anyhow, she is ours, and is the first ship of her class in the navy of the Blue Mountains.

I am inclined to think that even if she was--or is still--a Turkish ship, Admiral Rooke would not be inclined to let her go.

As for Captain Desmond, I think he would go straight out of his mind if such a thing was to be even suggested to him.
It will be a pity if we have any more trouble, for life here is very happy with us all now.