Also a number of the crew had sword cuts on their faces and Sister Teresa and Dorinda had bandaged the wounds on their heads and arms.
“There is no need for you to do this, Miss Hyde,” Maximus Kirby had said sharply as he found her staunching a deep sword thrust.
She had raised her head from where she knelt on the deck to smile at him.
“What do you expect me to do?” she asked. “Sit in the Saloon and ring for a cool drink?”
She spoke sarcastically and he made no reply but only said to the Chinese she was treating,
“You were very brave, my lad.”
Dorinda saw a look of adoration in the dark slit eyes before Maximus Kirby moved away.
The yacht itself had not suffered except for two holes above the waterline, which would have to be repaired and repainted when they reached Harbour.
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