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| 22 | 266 | View more quotes about outside">Outside and above decks we could hear shouting, and the sound of sprung ropes, as the canisters of flaming pitch were lofted from the deck catapults. |
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| 22 | 263 | We were both women. |
| 22 | 264 | I and the free woman, who did not deign to speak to me, remained many hours in the hold, as the fighting and maneuvering continued for several hours, through the afternoon and night. |
| 22 | 265 | The lamp burned out and we remained in the darkness. |
| 22 | 266 | Outside and above decks we could hear shouting, and the sound of sprung ropes, as the canisters of flaming pitch were lofted from the deck catapults. |
| 22 | 267 | Once, late, we were partly sheared, losing several oars on the port side. |
| 22 | 268 | A few moments later we had been boarded, but the boarders had been repelled. |
| 22 | 269 | After the repulsion of the boarders the hatch had been opened, briefly. |