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 "It may seem like a joke, but it's a rough one," quoth William Gordon. "A look at the cap'n's face is enough for me. To think, after all these months he's never got anywhere. 'Twill be a great report that he'll have to turn in, 'less he aims to l'arn something of the Spanish country. At any rate, we've hauled down our flag, and given up our fort and I'm sorry for him. He deserved better."