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Peter Black's announcement fell like a thunderclap on the insurgents. To shoot the police magistrate's overseer dead was the most effective method that could possibly have been devised for accelerating the march of the hated 'lobster.' It was evident that a crisis was fast approaching.
"Boys," said Captain Jack, mounting a flat-topped red rock, in order the better to address the assemblage. "The hour for which we have longed is near. Very soon now the enemy will be before you."