Kidnapping was not at all uncommon then in both the Old World and the New, and they seemed to have laid their plans well.

As the slaver had said, there was not one chance in a hundred of another storm.

Again the captain read his mind.
"You don't like the prospect," he said, "and I'll admit myself that it's not a cheerful one.

I've changed my opinion of you, Peter.

I thought you'd make a fine sailor and that you might become a mate some day, but I've seen a light.