The Firebrand of the Indies a Romance of Francis Xavier
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The Pirate, considerably astonished, and not without much swearing, was beginning slowly and stiffly to descend the ladder. On one of the lower rungs he paused, leering round at the faces which glimmered at him palely through the dusk. " What do you want ? " he demanded again with a variety of unintelligible oaths. Paulo stepped forward and confronted him, speak- 98 THE FIREBRAND OF THE INDIES ing as rapidly as his defective knowledge of Chinese would allow. What did the Captain mean, worm of a... Chinese that he was, by treating passengers in this manner ? Did he not know that the honourable Fathers and their honourable friends were well known and highly esteemed by the Great One, His Excellency the Viceroy of Goa ? That the great white King of the Christians, to whom His Excellency was but a servant, had many ships and mighty armies with which to avenge any insults shown to his subjects ? Did the Captain know, he demanded further, that he, Yajiro, was a near relative of the Daimio of Satsuma, and that as soon as the ship reached Kago- shima, the Daimio would make enquiries as to the pas- sengers on board ?
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