Chapter 18

Not liking the appearance of the night, or the strange captaincy, or the general state of things, I went up to deck to doze there, and to be ready for anything at a moment's notice.

The last thing I remember is the captain whispering to me that he was paranoid and didn't like what was going on and that he was going down to look at his instructions again, that's the last thing I remember, before I heard the slow, heavy, regular rolling of the old pole on the floor and before I fell asleep, ladies My pillows I awoke to a scuffle in the bow to find a muzzle over my mouth and there was a man on my chest and a man on my legs, and I had my hands and feet bound in half a minute and by then the steering wheel was in the hands of the Spaniards and they were swarming on it, I heard six heavy falls into the water, one after the other And I saw the captain stabbed in the heart, and when his companion came running, I heard him fall seventh into the water.

Except for me every soul of