"Don't be a fool, Captain.

Do you want to provoke trouble between the crews?
His men outnumber us by nearly two to one.
What's a girl more or less?
In Heaven's name, let her go.

He's paid handsomely for her, and dealt fairly with us." "Dealt fairly ?" roared the infuriated Captain.

"You...." In all his foul vocabulary he could find no epithet to describe his lieutenant.
He caught him a blow that almost sent him sprawling.

The pearls were scattered in the sand.
Cahusac dived after them, his fellows with him.