"Life!"
"On guard!" cried the Englishman, whipping out his sword.
"Stop!" cried Elizabeth, springing between their swords. "He saved my life at the risk of his own."
"D--n him!" said the Englishman, grinding his teeth.
"Your condemnation comes too late, sir," said O'Neill, with bitter emphasis, with an expressive glance at Elizabeth, who continued impetuously:
"This gentleman treated me with the most distinguished courtesy."
"I wish that he had exhibited some of it here," interrupted Coventry again.
"I have but followed your own example," retorted O'Neill, calmly.
"Will you hear me in silence, Edward? They are not pirates--"
"I call them so," said Coventry, stubbornly.