"She is English, and she comes resolutely on.

She means to fight." "God help her, then," said his lordship gloomily.

"Her captain must be mad.

What can he hope to do against two such heavy hulks as these?
If they could so easily blow the Royal Mary out of the water, what will they do to this vessel?
Look at that devil Don Miguel.

He's utterly disgusting in his glee." From the quarter-deck, where he moved amid the frenzy of preparation, the Admiral had turned to flash a backward glance at his prisoners.