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Yours is ingenious and _ simple . _ Ship has been in action , I see : pray how was that , if I may be so bold ? '' `` Pirates , commodore , '' said Sharpe . `` We fell in with a brace of Portuguese devils , lateen-rigged , and carrying ten guns apiece , in the Straits of Gaspar : fought 'em from noon till sundown , riddled one , and ran down the other , and sunk her in a moment . That was all your doing , Captain : so do n't try to shift it on other people ; for we wo n't stand it . '' `` If he denies it , I wo n't believe him , '' said Collier , `` for he has got it in his eye . Gentlemen , will you do me the honour to dine with me to-day on board the flag-ship ? ''