Harry paused, expecting the handsome captain to express his regret at what had happened. Instead of this, his words were received with a loud laugh by Mings; and apparently they also much tickled the fancy of the Captain, for he joined in the merriment, though he looked with kindly eyes on the handsome youth, who, in spite of his being a good deal bespattered with mud and blood stains, was yet a very pleasant picture of a bold, fearless English boy. ’Thou art over-bold, young fellow,’ said Mings when he had laughed heartily. ’Doubtless our captain will teach thee how to mind thy speech. Shall I stow the lad away, sir, in the hold? I take it he will come forth in a humbler frame of mind, and with less zeal for defending cattle.’ ’Nay, Mings, leave him to me; such a home bird is an uncommon sight, and having fallen on deck for want of a stronger wing, he must needs stay aboard. Go and attend to the guns, and tell the watch to keep a sharp look-out for any strange sail, and I’ll see to the boy.’ Mings appeared a little sulky at this order, and took the opportunity of roughly grasping Harry’s shoulder as he went by, with the remark: ’Keep a civil tongue in thy head, young scarecrow, or Captain Henry Morgan will soon teach thee to wag it less glibly. It would want but a small gun to blow thee back to the English shore if thou art so anxious to get back--eh, Captain?’ The Captain frowned instead of answering, and Mings made off as quickly as possible; but by this time Harry had recovered from his surprise. ’Then it’s true,’ he said quickly; ’you are in truth the infamous Henry Morgan the buccaneer, whose name is a terror to all honest folk. I only hope one of His Majesty’s men-of-war will give chase, and I will do all in my power to give information. It is a dastardly act that you have done, for you have stolen our property and allowed your men shamefully to ill-use me.’ Harry never stayed to think how unwise his words were: he was so angry at having made a mistake and having fancied this courtly man was an honest gentleman, that he cared nothing at the moment about the consequences of his violent language; indeed, he was all the more furious when he noticed that Captain Morgan seemed only amused by his burst of indignation. ’Thou art a brave lad, and I like to see thy spirit. Tell me thy name. I wager it is an honest one.’ ’Ay, truly. Harry Fenn is my name--an honest English yeoman’s son, and one that will receive no favours from a buccaneer,’ answered Harry, crossing his arms.