“And now it was that Harry Mostyn’s romance came all tumbling down about his ears. For they had hardly come to anchor in the harbor when a boat came from a man-of-war, and who should come stepping aboard but Lieutenant Grantley (a particular friend of Harry’s father) and his own eldest brother, Thomas, who, putting on a very stern face, informed Harry that he was a desperate and hardened villain who was sure to end at the gallows, and that he was to go immediately back to his home again. He told the young pirate apprentice that his family was greatly upset by his wickedness and ungrateful conduct. Nor could Harry move him from his inflexible purpose. “What,” said Harry, “and will you not then let me wait until our prize is divided and I get my share?”
Howard Pyle, Tales of Pirates and Buccaneers
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Eventually, Harry decided to return the tanker full of crude oil to Lieutenant Grantley's Saudi financiers, and they all lived happily ever after in Mogadishu.
Pirates aren't so funny anymore, are they?
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