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CHAPTER XIII
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We have no quarrel with the majority of our officers.

They're straight, they're honest, and they're true to their game.

Our quarrel is with Parliament and the Admiralty; our struggle is with the people of the kingdom, who have not seen to it that our wrongs are put right, that we have food to eat, water to drink, and money to spend." He waved a hand, as though to sweep away the criticisms he felt must be rising against him.
"Don't think because I've spent four years in prison under the sternest discipline the world offers, and have never been a seaman before, that I'm not fitted to espouse your cause.

By heaven, I am--I am--I am--I know the wrongs you've suffered.

I've smelled the water you drink.


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