[Piratical? D'eon assumed he was a pirate, but piratical? Now his English wasn't perfect but he would need to check to see if that was an actual word. Still he kept his calm and respectful smile on, this man was well traveled, while he may have been uneducated he was by no means a fool.]

You sound quite well-versed in travel, I must admit I am not quite as knowledgeable in the land across the seas. Although your name, it is an English name is it not?

[if he was indeed of English origin, then he was England's problem... and he could pillage all the English ships to his hearts content as far as D'eon was concerned.]