Although most of the pirates had left their ships, there were still some who remained on board. When a pirate slipped down from the Queen Bee, Charles suddenly approached, stuffed all his money—which was a bundle of unidentifiable national currency—into the pirate's hand, and whispered, "Brother, could you take me for a tour on the Queen Bee?"
The pirate glanced at the money in his hand, chuckled, and said, "You have ten minutes."
He pocketed the money and took Charles onto the legendary warship.
Charles, feeling exhilarated, followed the pirate up to the deck and was about to enter the cabin when he heard the other say, "You can only go this far, not inside."
"You've got eight minutes left."
Charles asked, "Only on the deck?"
The pirate flashed a toothy smile and said, "Of course! Your bit of money just gets you to step on the deck."
