Animated with this, he took the musket I had given him in his hand, and a pistol in his belt, and his two comrades with him, with each a piece in his hand; the two men who were with him going first made some noise, at which one of the seamen who was awake turned about, and seeing them coming, cried out to the rest; but was too late then, for the moment he cried out they fired—I mean the two men, the captain wisely reserving his own piece.
Un po’ di romore fatto da questi svegliò uno di quegli sgraziati, il quale saltato in piedi e voltatosi a guardar chi veniva, gridò agli altri perchè si destassero. Ma allora era troppo tardi, perchè il suo grido fu contemporaneo al fuoco fatto su loro da due moschetti; che il capitano non senza consiglio tenne in ozio la propria arma.