The Flag-ship was plunged in a deathlike and drunken sleep.

The very officer of the watch was intoxicated: he could not see the "Repudiator's" boats as they shot swiftly through the waters; nor had he time to challenge her seamen as they swarmed up the huge sides of the ship.
At the next moment Tom Coxswain stood at the wheel of the "Royal George"-- the Briton who had guarded, a corpse at his feet.

The hatches were down.

The ship was in possession of the "Repudiator's" crew.

They were busy in her rigging, bending her sails to carry her out of the harbor.