Captain Kidd Page #6

Luck is with us tonight.

Which of either of them

would you like to see survive?

Mr Mercy, you did well to protect her.

- Are you alright, sir?

- Yes I'm alright. Look after Lady Anne.

Shadwell.

Adam, what's the matter?

My medallion is gone!

Has the Blayne crest on it.

Blayne?

- Perhaps I can find it for you, sir.

- No!

It must have come off just before

Lorenzo went through the port.

Shadwell, take Lady Anne to her cabin.

Please Adam, I can't go in there!

You must Anne, this is serious,

it involves you.

Remember, no matter what tricks

he tries...

You've never seen me before

and you don't know who I am.

- Shadwell I think...

- Don't worry about me, sir.

He never could get anything out of me

and he never will.

It's the only way you'll be safe.

Shadwell will watch out of you.

What about you, Adam?

What will he do?

The same thing he's done with the others,

if he gets a chance.

- Oh Adam!

- Don't worry Anne.

At least I know what to expect.

Go now.

Shadwell, if anything does happen...

Remember you're to stand by Lady Anne

and see that she gets safely to London.

- I'll stake my life on it, sir.

- I know you will.

Be careful, Adam.

Please be careful!

Come My Lady.

- He's no King's man.

- Who is he then?

Tomorrow we put

into the lagoon for water.

While the crew is getting it on board,

you and me, and Mr Mercy...

- Is going to the cave.

- You aren't taking him there?

I have a peculiar humour to watch

my clever young friend's face...

When we dig up that chest.

Sweet dreams.

Dig fast Mr Mercy,

we haven't got forever.

Who might this be?

Perhaps a man that asked

too many questions.

Gently now, Mr Mercy.

You've came on something.

THE TWELVE APOSTLES

So it was the Twelve Apostles, hey Captain?

Yes it was, Mr Mercy.

Open it up.

Blayne's!

Blayne's.

He was a brave seaman,

but foolish...

Did you happen

to know him, Mr Mercy?

I've heard of him.

I thought perhaps you had.

This...

Is yours.

Isn't it?

I...

Traded a ring for it...

One of Avery's men.

Yes!

When I encountered

Lord Blayne at sea...

I did my simple duty

as a loyal subject...

A pity he turned pirate

and traitor to his King.

Liar!

He's meat for the sharks

now, Mr Povey!

The tide closes this place

in half an hour.

We've nothing more to fear.

Yes you have, Captain.

Lady Anne!

It's a long voyage home Mr Povey...

And anything might happen.

Naturally her Ladyship

is still very distressed, sir.

In the midst of life we

are in death, Shadwell.

- Although me heart...

- My heart, sir.

My heart bleeds...

Confound you Shadwell!

You've driven the thought right out of me,

and it was an uncommon pretty one!

- I'm sure of that, sir.

- Go to her at once!

Tell her she can't mourn forever...

And I shall expect her to take her meals

in the main cabin with the rest of us.

Very well, sir.

Poor lad!

We turned just in time

to see him go over the edge.

Searched for an hour, never came out.

Well...

Here's to him!

Wherever he is.

You sick Lady Anne?

Yes, sir.

I'll go to my cabin with your permission.

If you wish, it has been

quite a trying voyage...

What with one little thing

or another, but bear up!

You'll soon be home again.

I warned Adam not to go.

No one could've stopped him.

It was cold bloody, planned, deliberate.

The same will happen to her Ladyship,

unless we can...

Adam!

Adam! How did you?

If he finds you on board...

I've come back for Lady Anne.

Oh thank you, sir.

I have been hanging on the rudder chain since

dark waiting for the turn of the watch.

The jollyboat's moored astern.

I've had it along side, it's secured

right down this port.

Why, get in it then.

Flip it aft under the main cabin...

Well now, get me some dry clothes.

- Shadwell, where is the captain?

- In his own cabin with Mr Povey, sir.

Examining the silver chest

they brought back on board, sir.

My father's chest!

Shadwell, Kidd doesn't suspect you.

Tell Lady Anne to get

some things together...

And when the coast is clear

you come back for me.

Yes, sir.

Master!

Aye, sir.

Rouse out both watches at daybreak!

We'll weigh on the morning tide.

Aye, sir.

Adam!

Kidd doesn't suspect Shadwell...

He is staying on board

and he'll be evidence for us in London.

Bart has a small boat moored astern,

we'll row ashore.

Then where Adam?

Two days journey overland

is the pirate town of Last Hope.

It's the most lawless place on earth,

but I have friends there.

Somehow they'll find us

a ship for England.

England.

- Now!

- Come on!

Sit down in the bow.

Goodbye, My Lady.

Goodbye, My Lord.

Godspeed!

I'll see you in England!

Ahoy there!

Who's in that boat now!

Come on!

Come on!

Fire!

Thank you.

Melord!

Fire!

Down the longboat!

Bart!

Bart!

Hold on to me!

Take her away!

They're as dead as a mackerel!

He's gone through!

Now, I guess that's the end

of them, Captain.

And good riddance!

Back to the ship boys!

If you are thinking what I think

you're thinking my friend, forget it.

There's the little matter of a letter

I've left in London.

Spoilsport!

Captain William Kidd!

Greetings, Captain!

What news have you brought me

from the Indian seas?

By your leave Your Majesty, both good

and ill, but mostly very good indeed.

I returned by way

of the American colonies, Sire.

So I understood.

With the main points

of your voyage, I am familiar.

I wonder if you could enlighten me...

About the affair of the Queens godchild Lady

Anne Dunstan and your shipmaster Mr Mercy?

Oh that poor impetuous fellow, Sire...

Inveigled that bud of innocence,

he did, into running away with him.

And catching him red handed

in defence of me very life...

I was forced to dispatch them both.

Rest in peace.

Tell me Captain about the treasure...

And the Queda merchant.

Unfortunate, Sire. Most unfortunate.

The ship with that chest,

well, up she blew...

And all souls went heavenward.

Rest in peace to them.

Ditto.

I see.

And after Twelve Apostles

and Lord Blayne...

Did you encounter any trace?

Nay, Sire.

I can only hope that the weight of his sins

sank both him and his ship.

I see.

Then how do you explain this?

Whose might that be, Your Majesty?

My officers found it on your ship at

Plymouth after you left for London.

It bears the Blayne crest, with which

I believe you are not unfamiliar.

I've always thought that Mr Povey, me surgeon, a very

wily fellow indeed was hiding something from me.

Hide it in a secret locker

in your cabin Captain?

I hope Mr Povey has

a proper explanation, Sire.

Mr Povey was killed

three days ago defending it.

With his dying oath

he swore it was not his.

Perhaps Shadwell, me vallet

slipped it aboard.

Might it not have come

from a Madagascar cave, Captain?

The facts will clear me about

all this, Your Majesty.

Enough of your lies!

Look!

A nightmare!

A pity you overlooked

Last Hope, Captain!

We stood on the headland with my

friend Avery and watched you sail by.

May it please Your Majesty, I accuse

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