Chapter XL

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《At the HMS Providence》
Barbossa was having tea at an elegant table on deck, when Lieutenant Groves soon approached him to tell him something important.

Groves: Sir.
Barbossa: Aye?
Groves: Captain, sir, I am unhappy to report rumors, sir, among the crew, as to our destination.
Barbossa: Shut your trap and make way.
Groves: (Sighs)
Barbossa: (Stands up) That's the way of it, then.
Groves: No disrespect, sir.
Barbossa: What do the men fear? Say it. Speak the words.
Groves: Whitecap Bay.
Barbossa: Aye, Whitecap Bay! And every worthless seaman fears the name, and rightly so, thought few know why or dare to ask.
Gibbs: Be the stories true?
Barbossa: Say what robs you of your staunch heart, Gibbs, or forever leave it to the wider fields of fancy.
Gibbs: (Lowering the volume of his voice) Mermaids, Captain.
Barbossa: Aye. Mermaids. Sea ghouls, devil fish, dreadful and hunger for flesh of man. Mermaids waters, that be our path. Cling to your soul, Gibbs, as mermaids be given to take the rest... to the bone.
Ruby: (Looking at the Five Pieces of Sapphire fit in the Bracelet of Hell) I'll make sure the mermaids don't hurt us!
Barbossa: You couldn't do anything against them, dearie.
Ruby: Believe me I could. There are lots of things you don't know about me!
Barbossa: Like what?
Ruby: That you know about the phoenix is ​​enough for now.
Everyone: (Start chattering in fear of the mermaids of Whitecap Bay)
Groves: Steady! Steady, men! Find your courage, or be ready to purpose your fear!
Random Sailor: Save yourselves! (Jumps to the water)
Groves: Man overboard!
Barbossa: Nay! A deserter.
Groves: Come about.
Barbossa: Nay! Gentlemen, I shall not ask any more of any man that what that man can deliver, but I do ask this: Are we not king's men?
Everyone: (Quietly) Aye.
Barbossa: On the king's mission?
Everyone: (Louder) Aye.
Barbossa: I did not note any fear in the eyes of the Spanish as they passed us by. Are we not king's men?
Eveyone: (Shouting) Aye!
Barbossa: Aye! Hands all off, and bear away! Stave on ahead to Whitecap Bay!
Groves: Bear on, Whitecap Bay!

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At Queen Anne's Revenge
Angelica, going up on deck at night, met Jack, who had a bottle of wine, and Scrum, who was playing his mandolin.

Jack was trying to buy Angelica's trust by making her feel the same way they felt that time, years ago, when they were in a relationship together. Jack tried to gain Angelica's trust only for his benefit since he did it with a lot of distaste, disgust and revulsion at times, and he kept thinking about Ruby.

Jack: (Flirting with Angelica) Hola... Come. (Offers her a bottle of wine) Little drink?
Angelica: Wine, music, candlelight. I think we've traveled down this road before, Jack.
Jack: Yes, we have. (Throws her a cup) I remember it well. (Opens the bottle of wine) Winding, twisting and turning, gyrating, writhing. Incessant writhing. (Pours wine in a cup) Do you recall Saint Dominique?

Angelica: La Martinique. I tried to kill you in Saint Dominique.
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ack: (In his mind) How I wish I was safe right now with my Apple Pie and not with this crazy woman who tried to kill me. (To Angelica) Either or. (Offers her the cup of wine)

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