the pirates!" Captain Barbassou regarded him with astonishment.....

At that moment a huge monster of a black man ran past carrying the medicine chest.

"Wretch! Wait till I catch you!" Yelled Tartarin, starting forward with his knife held aloft.

Barbassou caught him and held him by his sash.

"Calm down for Chrissake." He said, "These are not pirates, there have been no pirates for ages, these are stevedores." "Stevedores ?" "He! Yes, stevedores who have come to collect the baggage and take it ashore.