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The crisis was at hand; for the Dauphine was darting in between the / Leopard and the Bellevite, between father and son. On the port rail of / the former, as if ready to leap upon the deck of the tug, were at least / twenty men; and, for the first time, the plan of the enemy became / apparent to Christy Passford.
He hastened to the hurricane deck of the Leopard, where he could see / more clearly; and it was evident to him that the question before them / would be settled within a very few minutes. If he and his companions / fell into the hands of the enemy, nothing less than a severe fight with / the Dauphine, perhaps aided by the Belle, on the part of the Bellevite / could undo the mischief.