She was fired on while at anchor on the wrong side of the island, on the very day selected for my escape.

You and your men manage to dodge the bullets, and, under my leadership, assisted by Captain San Benavides, you overrun the place by night, kill several soldiers, seize a launch, despoil peasants of their crops and stores, and make off with a good deal of property belonging to the Brazilian Government, not to mention the presence in your midst of such a significant personage as myself.

Speaking candidly, Senhor Captain, what chance have you of convincing any international court of your innocence?
Who will believe that you were not a true filibuster?
That is what Brazil will say you are.

How will you disprove it?
In any event, who will enforce your claims against my country?
English public opinion would never compel your Government to take action in such an exceedingly doubtful case, now would it ?" "If we was to try and land you in Brazil, we'd bust up our claim for good an' all," muttered Coke.

Though this was a powerful argument against De Sylva's theory, it revealed certain qualms of perplexity.
The other man's brilliant eyes gleamed for an instant, but he guarded his voice.