A Ladys Captivity Among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas
A Ladys Captivity Among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas
Fanny Loviot
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Amazed at his apathy, I dragged him to- wards the jolly-boat, which was yet hanging amid- ships, and said, " Well, captain, why do you not rouse your men ? ;j> He looked at me with a kind of weary wonder, as if scarcely able to compre- A DESPERATE CHANCE, 85 hend my meaning. " Will you then do nothing?" said I. " Are you content patiently to await all the horrors of the future? Woman as I am, I would prefer a thousand times to dare something for my safety, than linger here to die by violence or... starvation ! We are but twenty miles from Macao. This boat will hold us all. Once at sea, it is scarcely likely that the pirates, busy as they are, will observe our flight. Should they even see us, they might no longer care to follow us. Cap- tain, in the name of all that is dear to you, let us at least make the attempt !" Captain Rooney paused, remained for a few mo- ments lost in thought, and then went quickly back into the cabin. " Rouse up!" said he, "rouse up, all of you ! How can you sleep while we are yet insomuch danger?" Laying aside his old habits of command, he then consulted them re- specting our common danger, and suggested a plan of escape.
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