I opened my wings to catch some of the drops of water and shook myself, too.
He shuffled to a chair at the table and sat down heavily, then looked around the room with bloodshot eyes. “Where’s Jangles? If anyone is going to disturb me, it should be him.”
“He’s down below with the men, trying to secure the cargo, Cap’n. He said to tell you he’s having a real problem with all that extra weight of the treasure, and the ship is riding low and is being swamped with the rough sea. He said we should drop the treasure overboard.” Holt's voice shook more and more as his face got paler and paler.
A captain had to be very careful with treasure, or the crew could mutiny. The treasure belonged to all the men since they all had shares in it.
“I see. He said that, did he?” Toby stood up. His mouth wa
