"Avast heaving a bit! I'm not ready yet."
But Natalie shyly looked up into his face and gave him her first order:
"No, Jack, tell them to heave away—that's how you say it, isn't it? Let us hurry home, before I tire of my terrible pirate."
"Pirate gladly, girl of mine. Am I not taking gold out of Celebes?"
"Sordid creature!" she pouted, averting her lips in mock displeasure. But in her face was a light that shone from her heart, and that heart knew quite well what gold Jack Barry was carrying away from Celebes.