"But of course he thought we'd come in strength, for he never would have imagined anyone would attempt to re-take the Lone Islands with one ship and fewer than fifty men.
"So we came to his palace, and pushed through the excuses from his sniveling porter. A few guards came upon us, but the King defused the situation by calling for them to be given wine and a holiday, before presenting themselves to him again on the morrow. And finally, we came to where the Governor sat at his desk, in a chair one might almost call a throne. Bern and I flung the table over and plucked him from the chair, so His Majesty might sit there, and so he did, cool as you like. He bade Gumpas explain the lack of tribute and the support for the slave trade, then summarily relieved him of duty and set Lord Bern in his place, as Duke of the Lone Islands."
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"But of course he thought we'd come in strength, for he never would have imagined anyone would attempt to re-take the Lone Islands with one ship and fewer than fifty men.
"So we came to his palace, and pushed through the excuses from his sniveling porter. A few guards came upon us, but the King defused the situation by calling for them to be given wine and a holiday, before presenting themselves to him again on the morrow. And finally, we came to where the Governor sat at his desk, in a chair one might almost call a throne. Bern and I flung the table over and plucked him from the chair, so His Majesty might sit there, and so he did, cool as you like. He bade Gumpas explain the lack of tribute and the support for the slave trade, then summarily relieved him of duty and set Lord Bern in his place, as Duke of the Lone Islands."