Pirates of Tortuga Page #2

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However... Oh.

Oh, please. Captain!

How can you

take such liberties?

But... However...

Mmm.

[Laughs]

[Chuckles]

But, Bart,

it makes no sense.

Only last year, the Crown was lavishing

honors on Henry Morgan.

Yes. Gave the cutthroat a knighthood

and a governor's palace.

Ayear ago, we were

at war with Spain.

England had no fleet in the Americas.

The Spaniards did.

We could've lost that war

3,000 miles from home.

Morgan was our only naval strength

in the Caribbean.

Ah. So, we had

to pay his price?

Now he's

more powerful than ever.

Only one out of every 10

of our own ships manages

to escape him in those waters.

Sheesh! Nine out of 10.

That's a pretty fat haul for Morgan.

[Gasps]

Lord love a duck!

Sparklers!

Fit for a duchess.

Too bad that blasted sailor

can't see me now.

[Giggles]

Our Crown colony ofJamaica

is starving. Not one ship

has gotten through in months.

Morgan's men patrol those waters

like a pack of hungry sharks,

devouring everything.

And he's turned the Island ofTortuga

into a buccaneer kingdom.

This Tortuga... is it too strong for

a British fleet to crack open?

If the Royal Navy were

to attack Tortuga...

Britain would be plunged

back into war with Spain.

Well, um, just exactly

what does Sir Francis expect us to do?

Acting on our own...

unofficially as privateers...

we can provision Jamaica

then smash Morgan.

One old ship and

half a hundred men...

to conquer

a pirate kingdom?

That from the best

gunnery officer in the Royal Navy.

We fought odds almost

as great before.

And the Mermaid's being fitted with new

cannon and all the powder she can hold.

Well, it's impossible,

of course, for anybody but us.

What happens

if we get caught?

If we got caught,

the Admiralty won't be able...

to pull our chestnuts

out of the fire this time.

And if we succeed?

There will be

no reward too great.

I have that on the word

of Sir Francis Crawford himself.

Any more questions?

When do we

up anchor, Captain?

We sail with the tide.

[Door Opens]

Oh, Captain.

You startled me.

But... However...

Get out of my bed.

- On your feet and fast!

- Don't you talk to me like that!

That ain't the way

to get on my good side.

Who invited you

into my cabin?

I invited myself.

That butcher

was waiting at the dock.

You wouldn't want me

chopped into a sausage, would you?

[Laughing]

- It might be an improvement.

- What's the matter with you?

Ain't I swell enough for you now

that you've got a good look?

I am what I am

and I'm proud of it!

There's duchesses

that's got no more than me.

Some I've seen had less.

Put me in silk.

Give me a little jewelry.

You couldn't tell me

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