"To the Adonibal!" I shouted; "board her! we shall have them now!"
Simultaneously my own people and the crew of the Cabiros made their way on to her deck. Bodmilcar was already there. Hanno rushed towards him and cried:
"Now then, Bodmilcar, come on, and show yourself a man for once!"
"Come on, young milksop! I am quite ready! As soon as I have settled your business, I shall have time to attend to the rest."
Their swords clashed as they closed in one upon the other, but the throng around them was so dense that they were quite lost to my view.
All at once Himilco, who had never left my side, made a dash forward, and shouted:
"Ah! you monster, scoundrel, wretch, I have you now!"
He had recognised the man for whom he had been looking for the last fourteen years, and had knocked him down: the two were rolling together on the deck.
"Well done, Himilco! hold him tight!" said Bichri, who was passing, his sword all covered with blood.
"The brute is biting my arm; cannot you help me?"