Pluto-ma Nesia 29

 29. The Black Spot Again

        _29. U re melano makula


The door opened, and the five men, standing huddled together just inside, pushed one of their number forward.
_U porta pa gene aperi, e penta andro; qi es proxi alelo in domi, pa moti mo ex mu ad ante.

The buccaneer... passed something to Silver, from hand to hand...
_U mari klepto-pe pa dona uno ra a Silva, ab manu a manu.

The sea-cook looked at what had been given him.
_U mari kuko-pe pa vide ra, mu pa dona ad an.

"The black spot! I thought so," he observed.
_An pa dice, "U melano makula! Mi pa este tali."

Replied George... "You've made a hash of this cruise..."
_Georgi reakti: "Tu pa face u-ci viage iso disipa."

"I made a bargain--well, you came crawling on your knees to me to make it--on your knees you came, you was that downhearted--and you'd have starved too if I hadn't--but that's a trifle! You look there..."
_Silva pa dice, "Mi pa akti negoti - sti logi, vi pa ki a mi per genu, tende sti; mi akti id, kausa vi pa este tali no-spe - e vi pa sio lose bio kausa nuli vora-ma, si mi ne pa akti. Anti-co u-la ra es nuli-ra! Vi vide ci..."

And he cast down upon the floor a paper that instantly recognized--none other than the chart on yellow paper, with the three red crosses...
_Po-co an pa bali ad-epi pedi-lo papira; de qi mi este tako ski - u carta epi xanto papira kon tri rubi kruci, sura.

"Silver!" they cried. "Barbecue forever! Barbecue for cap'n!"
_Mu pa dice fo-soni, "Silva! U kuko-an panto-kron! U kuko-an iso navi cefa!"

That was the end of the night's business.
_U-la ra es fini de negoti de noktu.

It was long ere I could close an eye...
_Id pa es mega tem, pre-kron mi pote sti klude bi oku.

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