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any actual fight."

The three knights all exclaimed that they would gladly accept the posts he
offered them.

"The idea is a capital one, Sir Gervaise; and, as long as it does not come to
close fighting, the three ships should be able to render efficient aid to your

galley in any encounter. They will be, at any rate, a match for their own
number of pirate ships," Caretto said.

As soon as the meal concluded, the Moslem captives were questioned one
by one as to the rendezvous at which the pirate fleet was to assemble; all,

however, protested that the place was known only to the three commanders,
all of whom had fallen in the fight.