The deck aroundhim dissolved into a buzzing storm of splinters and the knot of Amadodanearest him were struck squarely and blown into nothingness. Coarse peasant cattle, van de Velde growled and laid his hand protectively upon Katinka's shoulder. Where she lay careened on the beach, the Resolution had been hit byshot. Ed's voice was growing fainter.
Therewould be a delay of seconds from when he applied the slow-match, to thecrash of the shot, and in the meantime ship and cask would be moving inopposite directions. Only Hal and Aboli stood their ground, muskets levelled, and aimed intothe bank of smoke. She tried to pull her arm free, but Zelda hung on with a mad strength. Hal crawled shakily to his feet, and quickly assessed theircircumstances.
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