He stood gazing at the fiery element feeding on his own property, and gnashed his teeth in rage.
“Who led on the citizens to the attack?” he asked.
“Ned Warbeck, ‘Wildfire Ned,’ as he is called,” the simple citizens replied.
“What, Sir Richard Warbeck’s nephew, as he is called?”
“Yes, Colonel.”
“I have heard of him before. He bares no love towards the Skeleton Crew or Captain Jack’s followers, I hear.”
“If you had seen how fiercely the gallant youth fought, you would have been sure there was no love between them,” laughed several shopkeepers triumphantly.
“Who else helped him?”
“Lieutenant Garnet, of the Royal Navy, Colonel, and a strong determined young man from the country; they call him Bob Bertram, Colonel.”
“Were any of the assailants killed?”