15/28 But among the English buccaneers in the square there were many who savoured the audacious humour of the trapped dictating terms to the trappers. It spread into a roar of acclamation; for bluff is a weapon dear to every adventurer. Presently, when they understood it, even Cahusac's French followers were carried off their feet by that wave of jocular enthusiasm, until in his truculent obstinacy Cahusac remained the only dissentient. |