[By Right of Conquest by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookBy Right of Conquest CHAPTER 2: Bound To Unknown Parts 5/24
Tomorrow I will come over in the forenoon, as you suggest; and we will go through these lists more carefully, and talk over prices and see what bulk they will occupy, and discuss many other matters with the aid and advice of Master Hawkshaw. There is no occasion for undue haste; and yet, if the thing is to be done, the sooner it be done the better." As the party went out, Reuben found his son waiting outside the door. "Well, father ?" he asked anxiously, when the three merchants had walked briskly off towards their homes. "It is all settled, Roger.
As soon as everything is prepared, the Swan will sail for the Spanish main." Roger threw his cap high in the air, with a lusty shout that startled the better passers-by, hurrying towards their homes; for it was now long after dark, and although the town watch patrolled the streets regularly, prudent citizens did not care to be abroad after nightfall. "You silly boy;" Reuben said; "you have lost your cap." "Nay, I heard it fall somewhere here," Roger said, searching; "besides, a cap is a small matter, one way or other. "Ah! Here it is, floating in a pool of mud; however, a bucket of water will set it all right, in the morning. "O father! I feel wild with joy, only to think that all we have talked over together is going to be true, and that we are to be the first Englishmen who ever saw the beautiful islands they talk about, and the natives with their feathers and strange attire. And--" "And the Spaniards with their loaded guns, and their dungeons and gibbets," Reuben Hawkshaw put in. "Not for us, father.
The bottom of the sea maybe, but not a Spanish dungeon." "I hope not, my lad.
Still, no man can see the future.
However, I am right glad that we are to try this adventure.
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