:28:10
That's tender.
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lt's about to become more tender.
:28:16
They're backwards.
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l assure you, ma'am,
they're normal in every respect.
:28:21
No, the words.
They're written backwards.
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Look. Can you see?
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''Cliffs of blood.''
Bless me.
:28:29
You're right.
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You tell Mr. Squeakum's that l will
send him a new chapter every month.
:28:37
- Now, what's this all about?
- He's a great admirer of your books.
:28:42
That makes me happy.
Which books has he read? Did he mention?
:28:46
His Excellency Governor Ainslee,
John Reed, the author...
:28:50
currently
the chronicler of piracy.
:28:52
Step up, sir. Always a pleasure
to meet a literary man.
:28:56
- l'd just as soon walk.
- l insist.
:28:59
l can do that, you know.
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''When the earth and
all its people quake-- Psalm, number 75.
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My bones suffer mortal agony.
Number 42.''
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- And?
- That's all.
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- No position? No parallel?
- l swear it, ma'am.
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That's all that's here.
:29:21
Piracy, Mr. Reed, is the scourge
of these plantations.
:29:24
l, therefore, give rather large rewards
for the capture of pirates...
:29:30
including Morgan Adams.
:29:32
l don't know who she is.
:29:34
Trotter tells me that you move
throughout the pirate world...
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collecting your little tales.
:29:42
Dangerous.
:29:44
lf by some chance you come across her,
you might tell her on my behalf...
:29:48
that l offer her two alternatives.
:29:51
One, an ignominious death on the gallows
like these poor fellows here.
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Please bear in mind that
l could decide you're a pirate as well.