“You were the terror of the seas!” says the sailor.
“Yes, I was the terror of the seas.”
“You were the terror of the coasts! Your famous name resounded like the surf over all the coasts, wherever people live. They saw you in their dreams. When they thought of the ocean, they thought of you. When they heard the storm, they heard you, Noni!”
“I burnt their cities. The deck of my ship is shaking under my feet, Khorre. The deck is shaking under me!”
He laughs wildly, as if losing his senses.
“You sank their ships. You sent to the bottom the Englishman who was chasing you.”
“He had ten guns more than I.”
“And you burnt and drowned him. Do you remember, Noni, how the wind laughed then? The night was as black as this night, but you made day of it, Noni. We were rocked by a sea of fire.”
Haggart stands pale-faced, his eyes closed. Suddenly he shouts commandingly:
“Boatswain!”