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About three weeks after this conversation , the secretary reported to the admiral that the _ Enterprise _ had made her number outside ; but that she was becalmed , and would not probably be in until the evening . ` That 's a pity , ' replied the admiral ; ` for the pirates are to be tried this morning . He may have more of them on board . ' ` Very true , sir ; but the trial will hardly be over to-day : the judge will not be in court till one o'clock at the soonest . ' ` It 's of little consequence , certainly ; as it is , there are so many that they must be hanged by divisions . However , as he is within signal distance , let them telegraph ` Pirates now on trial . ' He can pull on shore in his gig , if he pleases . '