The Gull's top-hamper billowed out. All the company ofwizards and witches crouching at his feet moaned with amazement andcovered their eyes, as if his beauty and majesty had blinded them. They had ceased firing for fear of hitting their own men. His eyes started outof his straining crimson face and his lips were drawn back in aterrifying rictus.
Van deVelde's face resumed its natural colour and he beamed jovially aboutthe hall. At last Zelda climbed stiffly to her feet and shuffled out of thecabin. A moan of horror and fear went up from every man in the yard. lden Bough, andhe became even more amenable when Hal invited him aboard and offered toconvey him on the rest of his journey.
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