“No mark on your skin this time”, the woman finished, wanting to underline her statement, “but something much worse. Do you understand, white man?”
The other one stared at her for a long time, as if he was trying to study her thoroughly. He had the worn-out look of a man who had to make a long journey without ever resting. He looked older than he really was.
“I think they’ve been quite sensible”, he said in the end.
“As far as Van Dyk is concerned, captain…”, Johnny started saying. He had been racking his brain about how he should deal with that subject. He could shut up actually, pretend it never happened, but some part of him was still grasping at a childish idea of truthfulness. He didn’t even mind if the Kalinago would learn the truth.
Teach spoke first. “I wanted to reward you for
