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Venomously he added : `` It is my belief that we shall not meet again . '' `` Your belief is my hope , '' said Captain Blood . Cahusac flung away , obscenely vituperative . Before noon he was under way with his followers , some sixty dejected men who had allowed themselves to be persuaded by him into that empty-handed departure -- in spite even of all that Yberville could do to prevent it . The Admiral kept faith with him , and allowed him free passage out to sea , which , from his knowledge of Spaniards , was more than Captain Blood had expected . Meanwhile , no sooner had the deserters weighed anchor than Captain Blood received word that the Deputy-Governor begged to be allowed to see him again . Admitted , Don Francisco at once displayed the fact that a night 's reflection had quickened his apprehensions for the city of Maracaybo and his condemnation of the Admiral 's intransigence .