Ah, Paul de Anguera’s tale of the Goodship HMS Legume continues.
The merchants of Pisa were quite pleased to buy Captain Quid’s cargo of olives. It was the entire crop of the only Buddhist colony in the region; and by this they knew they had stolen a march on their competitors in Venice. So they decided to throw a party for the crew of the H.M.S. Legume.
“Wonderful!” the First Mate enthused. “Where will the party be?”
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