Suddenly Schreuder shouted again, Look there! and pointed to wherethe entrance to the lagoon began to open to their view between theheads that towered on either hand. There was no question in the Buzzard's mind but that Hal Courtney knewwhere the treasure from the Standvastigheid lay. They were twenty against two, and their first rush droveDaniel and Hal back, steel ringing and rasping against steel as theygave ground slowly. He has no reason to act so grand.
Hal's sharp eyesight picked out the dark stains on thegolden grassy plains, moving like cloud shadows when there were noclouds in the sky. They could hear men's voices and even make out somethingof what they were saying, a shouted oath or a boisterous argument. Then)slowly, the night came alive once again, the frogs piped and croakedfrom the reed beds a nightjar screeched and from afar an eagle owlhooted mournfully. Hepondered these conflicting arguments while a freshly loaded plate wasplaced in front of him.
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