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The Roaring Laughter

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He stomped wildly across the puddle ridden gravel road. He was going to be late. “Oi, there’s the chump that wants to be in his Majesty 's Navy! Too bad all that stamina won’t help him on a ship.” shouted a man. He glanced to the side, the source of the roaring laughter. He had no time to dignify that with a response. Instead, he ran faster down the muddy reflection towards the endless dim grey sky. It was glistening, yet frigid morning in Boston. It had been only 2 weeks since he had graduated from Dartmouth College, but he knew what he had to do today. He rose out of his bed and put on his finest breeches and coat. He walked over to his silver mirror and looked at the reflection. In the mirror, he saw himself, a man who …show more content…

“A good day to you, Sir, are you here for the enlisting?” piped the enlistment officer. “Yes, I am, my name should be on the list, last name Benbow, first name Robert.” Robert responded. The enlistment officer looked intently down, flipping through the pages and while moving his finger down the page until the repeated motions stopped. He kept his finger on the page and looked up. “Here we are, Robert Benbow, age 24, 72 kilograms,” announced the officer, “aren’t you a bit too skinny naval officer? Never mind, do not answer that. You’ll be on the HMS Wanderer. Grab what you need from your place of residence and report back here in 10 minutes for departure.” “I’m already on a ship? Shouldn’t I get training first?” questioned Robert. “’Fraid that we don’t have enough resources for training right now. You’re only going to be on a ‘lil gunboat. It’s a pretty simple task really, all you have to do is follow the other three gunboats and the Man o’ War.” said the officer. “Really? What’s the task?” “You’ll be accompanying the HMS Revenge which is containing the gold that is to be transported ‘cross the Atlantic to his Majesty.” “That seems pretty easy, we’ll have a Man o’ War for protection, so why do we need 4 gunboats?” “’Cause there’s no weapons the Revenge. Instead it’s filled with gold. Greedy lot that crew is. They just want a bigger

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