He moved swiftly to the stern and thesounds were closer and clearer. up the beach before the next wave could capsize it, andstepped out onto dry land without wetting their boots. The light was not strong enough for Hal to make out the detail of theportrait, but her face was graven in his mind and in his heart. Sukeena looked at her in a way that made Katinka's skin tingle.
The priest rode close beside him, butCornelius Schreuder had taken the precaution of securing a light steelchain around the man's waist and the other end around his own wrist. Nearly allwere at least lightly wounded, but four, including Daniel, were gravelyinjured and must be in danger of their lives. The smoke rose up through the hole in the centre of the domedroof and the flames lit the interior with flickering yellow light. But by that time Hal and Daniel facedthem across the fire lit deck, cutlass in hand.
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