glided to a seat upon my lord's other hand, and I went and stood before the Governor of Virginia. For some moments there was silence in the cabin, every man being engaged in staring 
at meIRCIANTN with all his eyes; then the Governor spoke: "It should be upon your knees, sir." "I am neither petitioner nor penitent," I said. "I know no reason why I should kneel, your Honor." "There 's reason, God wot, why you should be both!" he ex- claimed.HBMIQPLY "Did you not, now someRCNFXGSA months agone, defy the writ of the King and Company, refusing to stand when called upon to do so in the King's name?" "Yes." "Did you not, when he would have stayed your lawless flight, lay violTJIKYVMIent hands upon a nobleman high in theWIMWQFWR King's favor, and, overpowering him with numbers, carry him out of the King's realm?" "Yes."CLFUCCVX "Did you not seduce from her duty to the King, and force to fly with you, his Majesty's ward, the Lady Jocelyn Leigh?" "No," I said. "There was with me oMEKNBWYOnly my wife, who chose to follow the fortunes of her husband." He froSBJHXDOWwned, and my lord swore beneath his breath. "Did you not, falling in with a pirate ship, cast in your lot with the scoun- drels upon it, and yourself turn pirate?" "In some sort."NBTFJRWL "And become their chief?" "Since there was no other situation open,—yes." "Taking with you as captives upon the pirate ship that lady and that nobleman?" "Yes."DEGHGEHU "You proceeded to ravage the dominions of the King of Spain, with whom his Majesty is at peace"— "Like Drake and RaJRJMPIDKleigh,—yes," I said. He smiled, then frowned "Tempora mutantur," he said dryly. "And I hLMRKSHJGave never heard that DKELTVIHBrake or Raleigh attacked an English ship." "Nor have I attacMQKVUTQGked one," I said. He leaned back in his chair and stared at me. "We saw the flame and heard the thunder of your guns, and our rigging was
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