Re: Leaving Terpsy.

Guest Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:50 am

"Senhora, I am sorry for what happened to your husband. I truly am. Do you have family nearby that we can bring you to?" Stephen asked.

**sans nom** Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:57 am

"You won't take me anywhere! You took my husband, but you won't take me, and you won't take my boat!"

Guest Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:59 am

"We do not want you, or your boat," Stephen sad, simply and honestly. "But there will be a battle here soon, and it has been a trying day for you already. We would be more at ease to see you safe before we go on our way."

**sans nom** Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:04 am

She cursed him colorfully, and by now she had reached the boat and was able to produce a knife.

**Jonathan Padstowe** Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:05 am

"Somehow I do not think she believes us," Padstowe said, although rather superfluously. He eyed the path leading up from the beach again; still there was no sign of movement.

Guest Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:06 am

"Then we walk away," said Stephen, and turned away from the woman, walking back to Yates and Raoul. "Come, Captain."

**sans nom** Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:08 am

"What do you want from us?" she cried in vexation. "Tell them to bring back my husband. Call them back!"

**Jonathan Padstowe** Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:08 am

Padstowe doubted the sense of turning his back on an armed woman, but deemed it best to follow Maturin's lead. He smiled, touched his hat and turned to follow the doctor back to the others.

Guest Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:10 am

"I cannot," said Stephen. "There is no way to contact them now. "If he is truly an American then he can appeal. Appeals are often successful."

**sans nom** Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:17 am

"Appeal to who?" she asked desperately. She moved to hover over the boxes and heavy things that they had abandoned, but now they were walking away. "Appeal to who?" she cried louder.

Guest Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:24 am

"If he is truly an American, then his embassy in London - the Americans who look after Americans in England - will appeal on his behalf to the Admiralty, who is in charge of the Navy."

**sans nom** Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:28 am

She stared at the man in bewilderment. That would take months, years even! How was she supposed to get to London? How was he, if he was trapped on a ship?

Guest Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:29 am

"I believe that the ship is heading for England now; it is not a very long voyage at all," said Stephen.

**sans nom** Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:41 am

She blinked. "What is the name of the ship? It's not staying for the blockade?"

Guest Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:43 am

"It will be, and then I believe they return to England. But I do not know for certain; I am not a crewmember. It is called the HMS Terpsichore."

**sans nom** Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:48 am

"Will I - can I go on board to see him?" She was gradually letting down her guard, her stance changing from defense to supplication. "Are you going back? I could go with you, just to see him. We could take my boat."

Guest Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:51 am

"I do not think that will be possible, senhora. As you said, they will be in the blockade, and I will not be going on board again. I was a passenger only."

**sans nom** Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:59 am

She sat on one of the chests, weeping anew and wiping her tears on the corner of her shawl. "What about them?" she asked, gesturing at the other men and the boy, the knife all but forgotten in her hand.

Guest Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:06 am

"I am a doctor; the man in red is my patient. We are making our way to the British army, who are to arrive here soon, or already have done."

**sans nom** Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:16 am

"And them? They're not going back either?" She could see that the other man was French, in his grey hussar's uniform. A strange group of men, but she was not interested in their doings apart from their effect on herself and her husband.

Guest Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:28 am

"They are not."

**sans nom** Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:44 am

She laid the knife down beside her and wept into her hands.

Guest Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:48 am

"Senhora, do you have family in the village? You should not be alone; you will be safer with them."

**sans nom** Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:50 am

She looked up, primarily to make sure he was not approaching with menace. "My father, in Gaia. Just up there. But I'm not leaving the boat here for you!"

Guest Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:58 am

"Where would you normally leave it?"

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