Pluto-ma Nesia 27
27. "Pieces of Eight" _ 27. "Plu aureo Moneta" The dirk, where it had pinned my shoulder to the mast, seemed to burn like a hot iron... _U-la seka-ru; qi pa fixa skapa de mi a veli dendro, feno es piro termo feru-ru. The knife, in fact, had come the nearest in the world to missing me altogether; it held me by a mere pinch of skin... _Veri-co seka-ru pa ki proxi ultra mi. Id pa tena mi per mikro plika ex derma. I went below and did what I could for my wound... _Mi pa ki ad infra, e akti panto posi ra pro vulne. By this time the whole anchorage had fallen into shadow... _A u-la kron, un holo loka pa proto gene skoto. Holding the cut hawser in both hands for a last security, I let myself drop softly overboard. _Tem tena ge-seka fi-fa in bi manu pro imuni, mi lase; mi gene lento kade trans navi margina. I had nothing nearer my fancy than to get home to the stockade and boast of my achievements. _Mi fu este maxi hedo, pro ki ad eko-lo in plu dendro-bloka mur...