Jenny the Pirate Chief paused in her story
and asked for grog. So Lapinette twitched an ear slightly and a waiter instantly
appeared with a new bottle of Seven Fathoms rum and 5 fresh glasses. Jenny poured
herself a healthy libation, drank it back in one gulp and set the glass down on
the table with a crash. Then she began once more. "One night, Rabbit Jenny
stared and stared out of the hotel window. Usually, the guests were too drunk
to see her and even if they did, they were incapable of movement. But something
woke them from their torpor and they noticed her staring there and
started to talk. They whispered to each other, “what’s she got to stare at?” and
pointed at Jenny and made circular motions with their fingers as if she was
mad. Jenny was absorbed in watching the
dank harbour so she never saw the guest advance. With one finger on his lips he
crept up on Jenny and with a sudden swipe and enormous force, he smashed the
window down on her paw." Lapinette and
the Wabbit flinched back but Pirate Jenny held her head high. "If the guest expected her to
cry in pain, then he was sadly mistaken because she made no sound. But Rabbit Jenny turned and her eyes burned into those of her tormentor until he shielded
his face and turned away. With blood running from her paw, she hopped past the
guests and into her quarters ..."
