Your arrival is quite opportune, for I am most grievously annoyed with a threatened rebellion." Sir Albert fixed his great blue eyes on the governor and answered: "Sir William Berkeley, it is not my purpose to interfere with any political convulsions.

I am simply a transient visitor.

My home is my ship." "But your ship is an English craft, and your crew are Englishmen ?" "That is true." "And as governor of the province, I will command them should their services be needed." There was a smile on the sad face of Sir Albert, as he answered: "It would not avail you, governor, for my captain and crew know no other master save myself, no will save mine." "But the king ?" "They serve me, and I serve the king.

I helped Charles II.

out of a financial strait, and, for that, an order from our dread sovereign and lord has been issued, exempting my crew, myself and my vessel from any kind of military duty for the term of fifty years." The old man drew from his coat pocket a legal document proving his assertion.
"Have you ever been in Virginia before ?" the governor asked.
"Yes, many years ago.