“No.”
“Nor I.”
A stern silence fell.
The Ruard was the first to speak—
“We have our own affairs to think of … very much lies with us.”
The swinging sword made a soft sound against the smooth wall and the lamp swayed on its chain as the great vessel pitched.
“I mean to try a surprise,” said Michael de Ruyter.
“That is what I wanted to see you about—you think we can?”
“If the wind does not forsake us.”