How many it had cost in the amassing, what blood and sorrow, what good ships scuttled on the deep, what brave men walking the plank blindfold, what shot of cannon, what shame and lies and cruelty, perhaps no man alive could tell.

• 这堆财宝在聚敛过程中使多少人流过血，给多少人带来过悲伤，有多少坚固的船只沉入了海底，有多少好汉被蒙着眼睛勒令走板子，有多少炮弹从空中呼啸而过，还发生过多少凌辱、欺诈和暴虐行为，恐怕没有一个活着的人能