"I have the honour to give you welcome aboard the Arabella.

My name is Blood--Captain Blood, at your service.

You may have heard of me." Captain Calverley stared hard.

The airy manner of this redoubtable buccaneer was hardly what he had looked for in a desperate fellow, compelled to ignominious surrender.

A thin, sour smile broke on the officer's haughty lips.
"You'll ruffle it to the gallows, no doubt," he said contemptuously.
"I suppose that is after the fashion of your kind.