“The word ‘trap,’ Monsieur de Groot, implies pre-meditation,” Émile began after a brief hiatus, without even turning towards the man, “and I have my doubts that any captain, even an English one, would plan to have his ship taken from him. If it is something other than what it seems, it’s nothing more than a ‘wild-goose chase’… albeit a needlessly intricate one.
“Whatever it may be, I think it warrants further investigation, though it may have to wait or be done without me. La Francisque, even with these repairs, is hardly sea-worthy. I am going to have to put in at the nearest port ((Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe)) if I am to have any chance of saving her.”
Subject: Re: In the Aftermath 
Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:35 pm
