“And you have, as of my last count, cost me a ship's plunder, caused me to be captured and treated none too gently by Compton and his crew, and made Ali very stressed.”
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Well, I honestly couldn't say I was surprised at that point. I had done her a major wrong. So I made a decision. Death with dignity and all that. “Grant the last request of the condemned then?” I asked.
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“I'm touched by your oddly sincere lack of sincerity, Captain Greycoat.” She paused, then added, “Or should I rather say ‘Lord Greycoat’?”
“I'd much rather you didn't,” I replied, with as much dignity as I could muster in my current position. “How did you find out?”
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“Oh, he'd have paid,” I said bitterly. “And then would have never let me forget that he had, and how much. That sort of interest on a loan I'd rather avoid.”
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“I'd much rather you didn't,” I replied, with as much dignity as I could muster in my current position. “How did you find out?”