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Hedroppedtohiskneesandcrawledthroughaforestofsturdylegs.Jamiecouldtellbyasniffthatthepiemanhadstoppedbyatableinthecorner。

Keepinganeyeopenfortheinnkeeper,hecrawledon.Thepiemanhadsettwosteamingpiesonthetable。

Hewascountingahandfulofcoinsintohispurse。

Hiscustomersweren’tordinarysailors.Theyworestiffruffsandalineoffancybuttonsdownthefrontoftheirtunics。

JamiehadseenoneofthemaroundPlymouthbefore–theonewiththeredcurlyhairandthepointedbeard.

Hemustbeimportant，Jamiethought。

Wheneverhegoesthere’sbustleandtalk。

Buthelookslikeamanwhomightsharehispiewithahungryboy.

Jamiesawhimpushhistrayintothecrowdatthedooranddisappear．

‘Afterhim。

'

Jamiesaidtohimself．

Hedroppedtohiskneesandcrawledthroughaforestofsturdylegs．Jamiecouldtellbyasniffthatthepiemanhadstoppedbyatableinthecorner．Keepinganeyeopenfortheinnkeeper，hecrawledon．Thepiemanhadsettwosteamingpiesonthetable．Hewascountingahandfulofcoinsintohispurse．

Hiscustomersweren’tordinarysailors．Theyworestiffruffsandalineoffancybuttonsdownthefrontoftheirtunics．JamiehadseenoneofthemaroundPlymouthbefore--theonewiththeredcurlyhairandthepointedbeard．

Hemustbeimportant，Jamiethought。

Whereverhegoesthere'

sbustleandtalk.Buthelookslikeamanwhomightsharehispiewithahungryboy.

‘Nomuttonpiesafterwesetsai1，'

themanwiththeredbeadwassayingtohisfriend.’Ship'

sbiscuitsandhardcheeseandnotmuchelse.'

‘ButmaybesomeSpanishgoldtospendwhenwegetback,eh，Francis?

hisfriendsaid。

Francis.Sothatwashisname。

AndSpanishgold.Thatmeantsea—fights，didn’tit？

Maybetheywerepirates。

'

Well,MasterFrancis，'

Jamiesaidtohimself,'

Ican’twaitforyourgoldbutI’dliketoshareabitofyourpie.'

Andhepoppedupfrombehindthetableastheredheadedmanwasabouttoeat.

CanIsingyouasong,MasterFrancis？

’Jamieaskedhim.Francisblinkedathimwithhismouthstil1open。

Please，Master,'

Jamiesaid.'

Asongforamouthfulofpie。

Themanlaughedandaskedhimifhehadagoodvoice。

’Awonderfulvoice，sir。

Sweetasthebirds，Ipromise。

’

‘IfyouwanttoearnthePriceofaPie,'

saidFrancis’sfriend,’youcangodowntotheharbourandhelploadourShip。

whatshipisthat,sir?

Jamieasked。

ThePelican。

Andit'

sbeingloadedforavoyageto…’

Butbeforehecouldsayanotherword，Francisheldupahandtostophim.

’Quiet,Wi11,’hesaid.'

Abusyinnisnottheplacetotalkaboutourplans.'

Willshuthismouthandlookedroundthenoisyroom。

Jamielookedround,too。

Andsureenough-orsohethought—therewasathinmanatthenexttable，leaningtowardsthemasiftocatcheveryword.ForasecondJamie'

seyemethis，andthemanscowled.

Afacetosourthemilk，Jamiethought.Andfulloftrouble，too.Aftertwoyearsonthestreets,Jamieknewtroublewhenhesawit。

Ashiveroffearranuphisspine。

ButFranciswasspeakingtohimagain。

’Comeonthen,lad，'

hesaid.'

Singup.'

JamieopenedhismouthtoSing,butabroadhandtookholdofhisneckandhefelthimselfjerkedtohisfeet.

’I'

vetoldyoubefore,'

boomedavoice。

Youleavemygentlemeninpeace.'

Itwastheinnkeeper.HecrookedanarmroundJamie'

sthroatandcrushedhimagainsthisgreasyapron.

Jamiekickedoutandflailedhisarmsbutitwasnouse。

Theinnkeeperhauledhimbackwardstothedoorandswunghimoutintothenight.

Hetwistedthroughtheairandlandedwithathudinthestreet。

Insteadofthesmellofmutton，hisnosewasfi1ledwiththestenchofstrawandhorsedung.ItwasthesecondtimehehadbeenthrownoutofTheBoar’sHeadthatnight.

Hestoodupandshookhimself.Acrossthestreethesawtheg1owofcandle—lightfromTheSwan.Thehumofvoicesinsidetemptedhimtotryhisluckthere,buthe'

dbeenthrownoutofTheSwan，too.Hedidn’tfeellikebeingdumpedinhorsemuckafourthtime。

’Ohwell，’hemumbledashewipedhimselfdown，'

maybeIshouldgodowntotheharbour.Ifthey’reloadingforavoyage，maybeIcanpickupsomescraps。

Soonheheardthelapofwateragainstwoodenhullsandropesslappinginthebreeze.Hesawmastsswayingagainsttheblue—blacksky.TheshipinfrontofhimwasThePelican.Therewereothers，too，linedupbehindit.

Theharbourwasbusyforthetimeofnight.Darkfigureswithsacksontheirshouldershurriedbackwardsand

forwards。

Somedumpedtheirloadsontheharbourwallandotherstotteredupplanksontotheships。

Hestoppedoneofthesailorsandaskedifhecouldhelp。

Clearoff，little'

un，’thesailorgrowled.You'

llonlygetunderourfeet.’

Jamiesighedandsatdownintheshadowofawall.Hisstomachgrumbledwithhungerinthedark。

Hisheadhurt.Hewatchedthemenloadingtheirstores.He'

dseenshipsbeingloadedmanytimes。

Oncehe’dseenasackdropandsplitopen，sendingcheesesrollingoverthecobbles.

Agoodroundcheesewoulddonicelynow,hethought.Maybesomeone'

lldropafewsackstonight.Sackaftersackhesawcarriedontotheships.Butnoonestumbled。

Nothingspilled.Atlastthemenstoppedworkandwentofftogether，laughingandjoking.

ForawhileJamiewatchedthemoonclimbs1owlyinthesky。

Thenhestoodupandstretched。

’Nothingdoinghere，’hesaidsoftlytohimself。

HewasabouttowanderbackintoPlymouthTownwhensomethingcaughthiseye。

Twoofthemencameback.〇rweretheythesamemen?

Itwastoodarktoseeproperlyandtheywerewrappedinlongcloaks.

Theymovedlikethemenwho’dloadedtheships，trottingalongwiththeirheadsbowed，buttherewassomethingdifferentaboutthem。

AtfirstJamiecouldn'

tthinkwhatitwas.Thenitcametohim。

Theyhadnosacksontheirbacks。

TheywererunninguptheplankontoThePelicanbuttheycarriednostores。

Hesawthemdropintotheshipanddisappearinshadow.Jamiesatdownagainandwaited。

Amanwithalanternonapolecamewanderingalong-thewatchman,keepinghiseyeontheshipswiththeirloadoffreshstores.Hewalkedsteadilya1ongtheharbourwa1luntilhereachedtheshipfurthestfromThePelican。

Thenhepausedforamomentbeforeturninground。

Itwasthenthatthetwomencamescuttlingdowntheplankagain。

Onewastallwithpalehandswhichflutteredinthedark.Jamieknewhim。

Itwasthesour—facedmanfromTheBoar’sHead.Theothermanwasshortandthick-set。

Theymovednimblyandsilently,andthistimetheywerecarryingsome—thing,Atleast,theshortonewas。

Itwasmorelikeablackbagthanasackandtheshortmancarrieditonhisshoulderlikeabarrel.

JamieShrankbackintotheshadowofawa11.HesawthemenlookroundandspottheWatchman。

Thetallmanstoopedandpickedupastoneinhispalehands。

HehurledithighoverthemastsofmePelicanandJamiehearditdropintotheseawithadeepsplash.

Alongtheharbourwallthewatchmanheardittoo.Hespunroundandheldhimselfstill.Thenheliftedhislanternandpeeredbetweentheships,tryingtoseewherethesoundhadcomefrom.

Whilehewasstillstaringatthesea，themenhurriedawayintheoppositedirection，theircloaksflappingbehindthemastheyran.

CHAPTER2

Palehands

Jamie'

smindwasracing。

Heknewthatsomethingoddwasgoingon.Hewaiteduntilthemenwerealmostoutofsight,thensetoffafterthem.Whentheyturnedintoasidestreet，heforcedhimselftorunfaster.Mustn’tlosethemnow，hethoughtashepoundedalong。

They’lldisappeardownsomedarkalley。

Imustkeepup.

Jamiehadseenplentyofthievesonthestreets,butthesetwoweredifferent—andhewassuretheyweredangerous

Commonsensetoldhimtostayoutofit.Buthewascurious.AndmaybetherewasthechanceofpleasingRedBeardandearningsomepie.Maybeevensomethingbetterthanpie。

’Mustn'

tlosethem，'

hesaidtohimselfoverandover。

’Mustn’tlosethem.’

Assoonasthemenreachedthesafetyofasidestreet,theystoppedrunningtocatchtheirbreath.

Theywerebendingdowntoexaminethethingintheblackbag，whenJamiehurtledroundthecornerandranstraightintothem。

Hefelloveroneandro1ledontotheother.Therewereroughshouts,therustleofcloaksandawavingofarms.

Jamie’sstruggledidn’tlastlong.

Soonhefeltakneeonhischestandlongfingerstighteningonhisarm。

Hetwistedhisheadandsawthesamepalehandthathadthrownthestone。

Therewasasilverringonthemiddlefinger.Afacecamecloseandspoketohiminaharshvoice.

Andwheredoyouthinkyou'

regoing?

Itwasthebroadman,theonewhowaskneelingonhim，andtheStenchofhisbreathmadeJamieflinch。

’I'

msorry,master，'

I’mSorry。

Thenthetallmanspokeandhisvoicewasathinwhisper.

’He'

sfollowingus，Tom.IsawhimtalkingtoRedBeardinTheBoar'

sHead.'

No,sir,'

saidJamie.Tmnotfollowingyou,I