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[Reily <so...@br...>]

 Then there came what truly seemed an awful silence. We had naturally
stopped midway on the ladder for unwilling slaves as we were, we lacked
a motive to expedite our movements. As we at length gained the upper
deck a sound of cheering struck on our ears, but it came from the other
ships. I looked up at the peak. The flag was no longer there. On the
after-castle lay the captain; he had fallen desperately wounded. Two
officers alone remained on their feet, while fore and aft a sickening
sight m