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Just shouting the ropes on you on a sheep shank. Right now, bring him there.

Give Mr. O 'Neill my compliments and tell him there's still no sign of the

ship's boat.

Aye, Mr. Blake.

Captain Bain's been gone three hours now.

What do you reckon, Mr. Blake?

Trouble? Any trouble you're likely to get from me.

Wouldn't have minded a runner, sure.

No more than the rest of us. Get that rope coiled. And you, head on them

feathers all over this deck.

I'm damned.

What is it, Mr. Blake?

In with all people.

Captain O 'Neill, sir.

Oh, and about dumb time, too. Where the hell have you been?

Well, in a manner of speaking, you can say I've been looking after your family.

Well, get on with it, will you?

I'll be ready to say that.

Aye, when you and your visitor have finished talking, sir.

Visitor? What visitor?

I know you.

You're Blake.

Matthew Blake. We sailed together.

That's right, Sir Daniel.

When you were master of the Orlando.

I was retired a few years ago.

Is Captain O 'Neill aboard?

He's below.

Did you get that crate aboard?

No, my baggage.

The crate's heavy. I'd rather you didn't drop it, Mr. Blake.

You there!

There are a couple of fathoms of chain in you.

We've got to block and tackle all that boom.

So he's nobility then?

He is now.

Changes him under the title.

Some things never change.

Holds you a favor, does he?

You mind your own business.

I wonder what I'd got in that crate.

Bullion?

How much?

A hundred thousand pounds worth.

Well, there's no room in the hole, sir. Those bales of wool are screwed in so

tight a rat couldn't breathe down there. There's only one crate, James. You keep

it here in the saloon, you've plenty of room. Not so fast, Daniel.

Why not on a Fraser ship, eh? Well, there's not one due in Cape Town for at

least six weeks. That's a long time to sit guarding that amount of gold.

Not if it's safely in a vault.

Let's see the other half of this, eh?

I thought you might want to know more. I want to know a damn sight more. You

know, I don't like the smell of this.

Is that your crate now?

Yes, yes. I asked Mr. Blake to take care of it.

Captain Baines, I don't want that crate aboard until I say so.

Then I suggest you conclude this business quickly, sir. Within the hour,

have the usual offshore wind, and I'd like to be underway.

I know, I know. Well, you were the one who wanted a fast passage, sir, not me.

Back, Daniel.

Cards on the table.

All of them?

Very well, James.

As you know, I've had interest in South Africa for some time, mostly in gold

mining. Now, Tom McCauley warned me there was trouble brewing out here two

ago, and he was right. The boys, eh? Yes.

South Africa's a powder keg. It's not the place to have a lot of capital tied

in. So, you sold out, eh? Yes.

Why gold? Why not a banker's draft made payable in Liverpool?

Oh, come now, James. Why show something in company books when you don't have to?

How about insurance?

Well, my instructions went off to Lloyd's in the steamship Leander, out of

Durban last week. Well, that was after I heard that you were due to call here in

the Christian Raddick.

So you named my ship, eh?

Aye. Took quite a gamble that I'd agree, didn't you?

No reason for you not to.

Oh, well, now that you've committed yourself so far, I hope we don't fall

over freight charges.

Well, they're fairly standard. Now, a Fraser steamer would charge you... Damn

what a Fraser steamer would charge you. Here, I make my charges, and that's 2 %

of the value, right?

Two? Well, that's 2 ,000 pounds, man.

Well, it's a very risky business, this bullion. Well, damn it, man. I'm

the risk myself. I'm only thinking of the ship of news that this was to leak

out. I could have a mutiny on board before you could say Jack Robinson. One

percent. Now, that's a fair price.

Pains?

All right. All right.

I'm nailed to the deck and we both know it. 2 ,000 pounds it is, then, eh?

It seems I'm such a generous man.

I'll throw in your passes for nothing.

Captain, count me child.

Could be hanging on this damn thing all day.

You'll hang on until I know whether it's coming aboard or not.

It's coming aboard.

You heard the order, lads.

Heave! Come on, come on.

Heave! Heave! Heave! By the time we get these stowed and underway, we'll be

facing a foul tide and a foul wind.

And a foul -tempered captain, no doubt, eh?

So... I don't mind losing a day if I can pick up an extra 2 ,000 pounds.

Is that what you charged him? I'll put your back to the race.

I'll hold down the hair snake.

Well,

I thought you might like to run up the skull and crossbones.

I served me time in the black ball line.

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I want 40 of the men laid off straight away, then, would he? 40?

Well, surely with the other work we have on hand, that won't be necessary.

We were due to start work on Simmons's ship the first of the month.

I'll not pay for idle hands.

Well, sir, I know it came with something over the shop, Mr. Simmons cancelling,

but... 40, I said.

Kindly arrange it with the yard foreman now, if you please.

Yes, well, unfortunately, I have to attend on your mother, Lady Fogarty. How

convenient.

Never mind, I'll deal with the matter myself.

You might inform my mother yet again that I would prefer a chief clerk of my

rather than your part -time services.

Oh, I'm sure she has your welfare at heart, sir.

You'd better tell them out there I'm expecting a Mr Josiah Beaumont. Oh, he's

here, sir.

I asked him to wait.

You did what?

Mr Dunwoody, he's a very important man. He's just taken over Harris's bank. Yes,

I was aware of that, sir.

Mr Beaumont?

This way, if you please, sir.

Josiah Beaumont, sir.

And you will be William Fogarty? No.

Oh, I was given to understand that your father is Sir Daniel... Sir Daniel

Fogarty, quite correct. I prefer to use the name of Fraser, which I've had all

my life.

Can I have your glass of wine, Mr Beaumont? You can, sir.

So, my information was not false, simply inadequate.

I shall have to take my man to task over that. How long have you been in

Liverpool, sir? I arrived last night.

Earlier this morning, I looked over the bank premises, addressed the staff, made

one or two changes, went through various accounts, then sent my clerk out to

arrange a few calls.

You're my first appointment of the day, Mr. Fraser.

Your health. And yours, sir. Would you care to sit down?

Thank you.

I found it intriguing that one so young could be in charge of both a shipping

line and a shipyard. Surely, Mr. Bowen, it's ability, not age, that's important.

Anyway, within the year, I shall be 21.

Ah. Then that would explain why your mother's signature appears on all Fraser

checks.

You know, I feel you and I might have a good deal in common.

Why don't we have lunch together?

Get to know one another really well.

When do you suggest?

What's wrong with now?

I thought you had other appointments.

So I have.

One of them is with Mr.

Simmons. I believe you know him.

But I think he can wait.

Don't you?

Shall we dine at my club?

Why not?

looks right here. Oh, of course it does.

Three months to do that tapestry.

Oh, James likes it. By the way, did I tell you that come next week we'll have

completed our third ship?

And two more on the stocks.

Yes, you did. Oh, cheer up, Lettie. Your business will pick up, you'll see.

And look at the price of jute bags keep falling at once.

The women are barely making a living now.

Well, then some of them will have to go.

Lettie, what is it? Told you. No, I mean the real problem.

Something to do with James?

No.

Well... No.

I'm feeling a bit under the weather, that's all. You sure?

Yes.

As a matter of fact, I went to see Dr. Portland the other day. Oh?

Is he reliable? Why?

Just wondered, that's all.

Letty, you're not... No.

Oh, I see.

And that's the trouble, is it?

Well, I'm not exactly a young maiden, am I?

I was...

Well, I thought I... I thought I might be a baron. Oh, don't be ridiculous.

You're perfectly healthy.

You're probably just over -anxious, that's all.

Some women go for years before having a child. That's exactly what Dr.

Porton says. Well, there you are, then. James isn't worried, is he?

James?

No. Oh, Elizabeth, I'd rather you didn't say... Give him a sign.

That's what he really wants, even though he won't admit it.

That'll be done, Woody. I must go.

Don't worry about it.

William.

Lady Fogarty, I'm not finding my present role an easy one. With Sir Daniel away,

I cannot be in two places at once. You can.

Now, what's the trouble?

I'm afraid Mr.

Simmons has cancelled his order for the steamship.

What? Well, Mr. William kept on quoting for extra fittings. Oh, I did advise him

to include them in the original estimate, but he wouldn't listen.

He said if the price was too high, he wouldn't get the order. Well, he

hasn't got it now.

Quite excellent club, that.

I shall have to get someone to propose me. Yes, it's a useful place, especially

for doing business outside office hours.

May I take your coat? No, no.

I have to get on to my other appointments.

Mr. Simmons, for instance.

From what you tell me, I think he's acted rather hastily. Well, he did make

quite clear that he wanted the lowest possible estimate.

And you naturally assume that he understood some of the extra fittings

quoted for separately. Of course.

Well, knowing the craftsmanship that goes into a Fraser vessel.

The bank won't hesitate to advance Mr.

Simmons what he needs, value for money.

On the other hand, if he decides to go elsewhere... Yes?

Well, let's just say we might not be so amenable.

Of course, had you waited until the ship was near completion before informing

him, I doubt that he'd have been in a position to argue.

I see.

Yes, I take your point, sir. There is always the right moment for everything.

William? I would like a word with you. Mother, we were discussing business. I

was just going anyway.

Delighted to meet you, Lady Fogarty.

William, perhaps you would be so kind as to introduce us. Of course. Mother, may

I present Mr. Beaumont.

Josiah Beaumont, your servant, ma 'am.

Ah, yes.

You're the man who forced poor Mr. Harris out of his bank.

Hardly forced, Lady Fogarty.

Mr. Harris was as anxious to sell as we were to buy.

I'd hate you to think badly of me. Oh, I doubt I shall think of you at all, Mr.

Beaumont.

Lady Fogarty.

Mr Fraser. Good afternoon, Mr Beaumont.

You deliberately insulted him. Yes.

That mine can be of tremendous value to this company. His father controls one of

the largest merchant banks in London and another in Manchester. And now one here

in Liverpool.

I know all about the Beaumont, thank you, both junior and senior.

I've heard all I need to know from Mr. Harrington. A man who couldn't keep

control of his own bank. Are you trying to emulate him?

I beg your pardon? And well you might, by the time I've had my set. If you're

going to criticise my running affairs... That is exactly what I intend doing.

It was expressly understood that I'd be given a free hand to put my ideas into

practice. With the proviso that they worked.

Your father and I still own 30 % of this company, and I don't intend to see that

fitted away. You have my word that as soon as I'm 21, I shall be happy to buy

you out. With what?

If you lose any more orders, the company won't be worth a penny. I see.

Don Woody's telling tales again. This is the second order that's been cancelled.

Simmons has been a client of Fraser's for years. Four ships we've built for

man. And we shall build a fifth one for him. Not according to Don Woody.

Do you deny you had a letter of cancellation? No, but within a few days

change his mind.

I shall build his ship, and for a higher profit per ton than your grandfather

ever achieved.

I hope you're right.

I shall be.

Yes, well, even so, I intend that Mr. Dunwoody spend more of his time on this

side of the Mersey.

As you wish.

He could be of help to you. He's your chief clerk, Mama, not mine.

I see.

You want help from no one.

Will you be dining at home this evening?

No, no, I'm working late. I'll eat at the club.

Very well.

Of course, it would be more convenient if I had an apartment of my own.

Does it have to be like this, William?

You have what you want from life, Mama.

Let me have what I want.

Squeeze out in the end, James.

Now, you take South America.

There's a couple of Americans I've heard of who are talking about building a

canal through the Panama Isthmus.

Well, they'll find it a different kettle of vicious suey.

They'll have to build locks for one thing. Well, they'll do it. Maybe not

but one day.

And when that day comes, that'll be the end of the nitrate trade. And the end of

the sailing ship.

I've got a feeling that any moment now, James, Sir Daniel's going to offer to

build us a steamer for next time out.

Well, I wouldn't be averse to spreading the cost over your first year's trading.

How's that for a proposition?

Well, I've got an even better one.

Now, this cargo of what I'm carrying, I got it at a good price. But with your

connections in Australia, why, we could buy at the bottom of the market. And

what would I get out of it?

Well, if you built a ship for us, you'd be sure to get them paid.

A steamship?

Oh, no, no.

No sailing ship.

Steel, four masts, and half the size of this again.

No, thank you, James.

There's no future in it.

I'll find a better way of paying back those freight charges.

Good night, dear.

Oh, good night, Doctor.

That'll be the end of rounding the horn, wouldn't it, sir?

What would?

A canal through Central America.

When that happens, no more real men.

Just milksops.

Canal sailors.

Yes, Mr. Blake. About crossing the line tomorrow, sir.

Permission for King Neptune and his queen to come aboard?

How many to initiate?

Well, there's young Tim and the Swede.

The others are keeping quiet, but I reckon there's two more.

All right. All right. Later, officer. Aye, aye, sir.

I wager that takes you back a few years, sir.

Something you don't forget in a hurry, eh?

who wants to meet his subjects.

Bring him to me, lad.

Ridiculously fancy.

You'll be wondering just when I'm to cut off, I shouldn't wonder, eh?

Well, accidents do happen.

Ask soft Charlie over there.

Right, get him in the chair, boys.

If they're wise, they won't put up much of a fight. I saw the boys once when

they covered a lad's feet with tar.

You know, he ended up having to cut his boots off.

My belly tells me it's time for food, sir.

They're almost done.

Mr. Blake.

Aye, sir.

Make sure that they clean up afterwards.

No worries, sir. I will.

Why would you change this?

It's the sideburns, Mother.

Of course.

You make you look so grown.

Well, perhaps that's because I am.

Jarvis, you can come back for Mr. Samuel's luggage later.

First of all, they must be the new house.

All the money we've spent on it, you'll never believe it.

And then after luncheon, you must feed the store.

Oh, will Father be there?

No, I'm sorry, my dear. He's touring the continent on business. He is determined

that that store will sell the very best that Europe can offer.

He's counting on you, Daniel.

No, Mother, I... We're both counting on you.

After all, one of these days, that store will be yours.

The ideas he wants to discuss with you. Oh, look, please don't go building up

your hopes.

Now that I'm of age... Samuel, right from the moment you were born, the one

thing it's always wanted is the two of you working together side by side.

Don't disappoint him.

I don't want to.

He's changed a lot.

And now that you've grown up, he'll listen to you.

Preacher is an equal.

Why, he's even insisted that you have your very own office right next to his.

And this evening, you'll be my escort to Mr. Beaumont's sheriff.

There you are.

Hello, Sammy. William, I hope I don't have to call you Lady Pockety. Oh,

certainly not.

And you must come round and tell me all of your adventures in America. And I'm

sure he'll tell you a lot more than he's told me.

Excuse me.

Have you been here long? No.

And I don't intend staying long either.

I hear they've put you in charge of phrases. Yes.

It's quite a responsibility.

Well, you always were good at figures.

Thank you.

This is a bit of a rum -do, isn't it?

Well, old Harris would never have done it, if that's what you mean. But I think

Beaumont's got some very good ideas, and he's willing to take risks.

Can you imagine anyone here agreeing to take a gamble? Solid, prosperous

businessmen, all of them, without so much as a pennyworth of a venture

them. Ah, except for you and I, that is.

In five years, I intend to be richer than any one of these men.

That's your goal, is it, William?

Yes.

How's Charlotte?

Oh, quite well, I think. You and she still there? Come on, I'll introduce you

Mr. Beaumont.

America's changed, Samuel, so much, Elizabeth.

They're growing up there. It's time to let go.

Let go?

But Samuel was bound to Robert and I by love and beauty.

After all, that was the way he was brought up.

Honor thy father and thy mother, the good book. And to thine own self be

Strange, isn't it, how we seem to understand other people's children more

we do our own?

That may be true for you, Elizabeth.

But then, after all, William always was a willful boy.

Oh, thank you very much.

It's really a very good saying.

Will you excuse me, Sarah?

Ah,

Mr. Simmons.

I understand you've reconsidered your decision.

Let us say, Lady Fogarty, the decision was made for me. In what way?

Spending so much of your time on the other side of the Mersey, it's difficult

for you to keep in touch.

The pity is you have a left phrase. I'm well aware that my son lacks experience,

Mr. Simmons, but given... Oh, he's learning fast, Lady Fogarty.

I think perhaps you had better explain yourself.

Your son and Mr. Beaumont seem to be on very good terms.

Well... And I am dependent on Beaumont to finance this new ship of mine.

If I go to another yard, he'll withdraw his support.

But I'll not be bitten twice.

This is the last ship that Fraser's will build for me.

No, no, I can assure you that I'm not a man who gives Fraser's life. Far from

it. Believe me, Mrs. Eden, your husband's department store equals any in

Do you hear that, Samuel?

Yes, Mother.

And as soon as your husband returns, I shall insist you both dine with me. I'm

sure Robert will be delighted to meet you.

Capital. And if you could persuade your charming son to join us, so much the

better. William, will you be so good as to summon the carriage and take me home?

Mama, we've got something wrong, Lady Fogarty. Elizabeth, you look quite

I find the atmosphere oppressive.

Oh, dear, I hope you haven't caught a chill.

So do I.

But I'm dining with the Harris's tomorrow night. Dear Mr. Harris, such an

upright man.

Are you not coming, Sarah?

Well, I... I think perhaps we should, Mother. Come along, William.

Thank you very much, Mr. Belwood. Thank you, Mr.

Belwood. And good night.

Good night.

I'm sorry.

Thank you for a very pleasant evening, Mr. Belwood.

Ah, Mr. Halifax. So nice to see you. Mr. Halifax.

And having said that, she swept out. But in five minutes, all the other guests

had left as well. Poor Mr Beaumont.

Oh, I doubt you'd say that if you'd met him, Aunt Lettie.

I feel sorry for anyone who gets on the wrong side of your Aunt Elizabeth.

Did you have a chance to talk to William?

Yes, yes. He seems to have changed a lot.

Are he and Charlotte still seeing one another?

Um, yes, occasionally.

Well, I know she'd like to see you, Samuel.

He must have come to see you one day.

You can get away from the store.

Yes, I'm afraid that once father gets back, that store looks like being my

prison, unless I do something about it.

Oh, dear, Daniel, you're not still hankering after the sea, are you?

It's what I've always wanted, Aunt Lettie.

It's not just the ships. I want to travel. I want to see the rest of the

Perhaps your father will agree.

You won't know till you ask him, will you? No.

Robert and Eden and son.

That's the future they've planned out for me.

I'll not be able to make a decision of my own until my father's in the grave.

By then I'll be so old I won't want to change anything.

I thought your mother would never go.

Yes, so did I. I walked around the yard three times, and whenever I came back,

the carriage was still outside.

Charlotte, I think when my father returns, they'll agree to me having a

my own.

William, I've been away for a whole month, and all you can talk about is

a place of your own.

You haven't yet said you miss me.

But of course I did.

What I meant was that if I had an apartment of my own, then when we met,

would be completely private.

But you're in the office all day. And some evenings.

But not all.

Well, I suppose it would be all right to call on you just for a little while.

If we were going somewhere, on our way to a concert or the theatre like

Yes, about tonight.

Oh, no. You bought the ticket. You wrote and told me. Listen, this man's in

Liverpool for one day only.

Tonight's the only time I can get to see him. And because... It's business. It's

more important, I suppose. Well, we'll go another night. I promise you.

Perhaps it's just as well you don't have a place of your own, William.

Why, then I really would have been disappointed.

You see, the point is, Aunt Lettie, unless I go now, I'll never get away.

And the trouble is, I know it's going to hurt Father dreadfully.

Look, Samuel, I'm really flattered that you should confide in me. Oh, I'm sorry,

Mum. Yes, but now I'm going to give you some advice.

Now, your father's due home soon, and lack has not even come to this point.

You'll tackle him before he's got his coat on.

Well, don't.

Give him time to settle down.

Wait a few days, a week even.

And then introduce the subject gradually.

Is that how you do it with Uncle James?

Don't be so cheeky.

The minute.

I admire punctuality, William.

I trust I may call you William. Of course.

Business, you said.

I assume you're off somewhere afterwards.

We're both off somewhere.

I thought you might care to show me the delights of Liverpool.

A music hall, perhaps, and then supper.

I had thought of the theatre, but then you're not really dressed, are you?

Never mind.

Come.

I haven't... some good information that Sir Daniel is in South Africa.

Has one or two mining interests there, I believe. Yes. Yes, he does.

Good. I'd like to talk to you about that.

Hey, son.

Mind you don't fall in that.

Thank you,

son.

Look remarkably pleased with yourself, Ben.

Eh?

Well, I was just thinking, another 24 hours and we'll be home.

If you know we've traveled over 11 ,000 miles and haven't burnt one bucket full

of coal, then how's that, sir Dan?

And how's that, sir Dan?

Mine, I think, four hours.

If we'd been becalmed, Captain Baines, I'll wager you'd have wished you were on

a steamship.

Yes, Mr. Blake.

Fire, sir.

Borrowed hold.

Who else knows?

Only Barnabas. He had a good sense to tell me on the quiet.

Mr. Blake?

Aye, sir. Come on.

No sense in drawing attention before we need to.

You stay here.

It comes and goes, sir. It's died down a bit now.

Always from the same place?

No, sir. Sometimes we've had a baft.

What do you think, sir?

Spontaneous combustion?

Let's get below where we can talk, huh?

You stay here and keep an eye on it.

Anybody else sees it, tell them it's steam from the wall.

I only wish it were.

This was the hottest part.

Somewhere in this area.

If it's above the waterline, maybe we can get at it. Them bales are screwed in

tight. It's going to be a hell of a job getting them out. If the air gets at it,

the ship could go up like tender.

It's something I don't want to chance unless I have to.

Well, there's no way into that hole without lifting the hatches. You can't

the hatch ports off. Not at all. Just a few. We get them off quick, locate the

center of the fire, get the hoses in.

Ruin every damn bale of wool that I've got. Well, James, that's not what I'm

worried about. My crate is worth more than this ship and your cargo put

together. Your crate's insured.

What do you mean?

All right, lads, we have got a pilot aboard. No need to panic.

We'll soon have it under control.

Now, I want you to follow Captain Baines' word to the letter.

Or you'll have me to answer to.

Right, now we're going to flood the hole.

You four on the bilge pumps.

You four on the deck pumps.

The rest of you pour the buckets, James. I want that hatch and these decks

swimming with water. I like it.

Well, then, lads, get these buckets.

I don't think the insurers will pay that.

Come on, let's get back to work.

I'll warrant your throats as dry as mine, eh? It is.

You wanted to see me, sir?

Ah, yes, Mr. Blake.

All the lads?

With my compliment.

Thank you, sir.

Oh, I'm glad we managed to save your valuable cargo, Mr. Daniel.

Whatever it is.

Tell me, James, is your cargo insured?

No. And the ship?

Half insured, same as the Neptune and the Trident.

That's a lot of risk to carry.

Well, other owners do the same. It's only an economy until you lose a ship or

cargo.

Hasn't happened yet.

You should be seeing Anglesey over a starboard -beam suit.

back on the voyage?

Yes, sir.

Won't you never forget?

No, sir.

Better keep in touch with Captain Baines.

He might find another berth for you.

I don't think I'll be going to sea again, sir.

Why?

Because you took a dip in the ocean.

I'll be back.

Mr. Blake!

Give the lad a trick at the wheel, eh?

Aye, Captain.

James, I'd like a word.

Below. You too, Captain Bates.

Have you counted them, Sir Daniel? I don't need to. The

chest was made to fit the bars.

There's five layers, twelve bars to a layer. There's three missing.

Fifteen hundred pounds a bar.

Could they have been taken before you came aboard? Look at the splinters. Look

at the marks.

It's been opened on this ship.

especially on board one of my ships.

While we were busy with the fire, anybody could have come down here, sir.

There's one consolation.

Those three bars are still on board this ship.

Well, then let's put into the nearest anchorage and search the ship. If we're

not careful, those sailors will finish up our plane past the slipper. What if I

get Blake to line them up on deck first?

Blake? No, James. He and I sail together.

All right, come along now.

I want to see daylight between each man.

Keep your arms folded in front of you, just where I can see them. What's all

this about?

Thieving, that's what.

Property of Sir Daniel Fogarty.

And if that sticky -fingered scab could step forward right now, it would save us

all a lot of time.

Want something?

No.

Come along now.

You're only making it worse for yourself.

We'll find that scab.

And when we do, he'll wish he'd never been born.

I'll not have thieving aboard my ship.

On up now, or you'll feel a rope across your back.

Begging your pardon, sir, that ain't allowed.

Not anymore, it ain't. And that's the law.

Board my ship, I'm the law.

Sir Daniel.

Whose bunk is this?

When it comes to saving, I don't need a fox or lawyer to tell me what I can or

cannot do. Get back in line.

Right then.

Now I'm going to give you one last chance.

It was me.

You?

Vane.

Bring him below.

Aye, aye, sir.

Come on, lad.

Where did you find them?

Behind this bunker.

Did you steal these?

Well, you have a lesson to learn.

Now, you can either take your punishment from me, get it over and done with, or

you can be handed over to the law and we get the shot.

Which is it to be?

Answer, Mr. Reneedon boy.

Why, Tim?

Why did you do it?

Why should you have all that gold?

Because he worked for it, that's why. Get his shirt off, Mr. Blake.

All right, sir. No.

Lots of people work hard.

Oh, it'll end up with nothing.

Sir. Yes, what is it?

Begging your pardon, sir.

I'd like to say a word on the lad's behalf, sir.

Very well.

Well, it was me who told him I'd be gold in that crate, sir.

Did you tell him to steal it? Oh, no, of course not, sir.

But only I got him this berth, you see, sir, and, well, I feel kind of

responsible.

So you knew him before, did you?

Aye. His father died of the consumption last Christmas, sir.

His dad and me was mates.

Well, let the boy go, James. He's had a hard start to life.

Plenty of that had a hard start to him in life.

You've got some growing up to do.

Barnabas. Sir.

Trident sales for Balfe Riso.

If I put this lad in your keeping, will you both sign?

Aye, gladly, sir.

And you?

Yes, sir.

Then it's your responsibility.

Thank you, sir.

He'll not go astray again, sir, I promise you. Now, you thank Miss Romita,

Thank you, sir.

Oh, come on, before he changes his mind. Quick, come on.

The round and the horn doesn't make a man of him.

Nothing will.

You know, it's funny my finding you a bully like that, Sir Daniel.

Well, I reckon it evens out the score a bit.

Oh? I don't follow you.

Indian Ocean, 61.

I was out in the bowsprit when I slipped and went overboard.

There were sharks about.

I was plenty out of the stern when you dived in.

By the time you got me into the longboat, those brutes were just a few

behind us.

Well, dammy, I'd quite forgotten about that.

I thought you might have.

But I've got a long memory, Sir Daniel.

What was that for? Another favour?

It was a favour at a time.

Hong Kong, the same voyage.

I got sweet on a Chinese girl, Wu Chun.

I was going to marry her, remember.

And you had me shipped out double quick.

You said it would never work out.

What you didn't know was that her father was a rich silk merchant.

She was his only child.

So you see, Sir Daniel, but for your good intentions.

I'd be a rich man now.

Maybe as rich as you.

Well, there's not much I can say to that, is there?

Sir, not much.

Of course, I'd have to give him up the sea, and by now I'd be as fat as a pig

with a dozen mouths to feed, sir.

Well, I'm not complaining, really. Then why did you... Because I promised you

that at the time.

And I always keep my promises, Sir Daniel.

We were just talking over old times.

Sir Daniel.

A pilot's just come aboard.

And that ship that you sent your insurance instructions to Lloyds on,

it called?

The Leander. Thought so. Went down off the sillies last week.

So that bullion... That bullion has travelled halfway across the world

being insured.

Well, in that case, I'm very glad you threw that tow rope overboard.

Aye. They'd have claimed a pretty penny in salvage off you.

On the other hand, I've saved myself nearly a thousand pounds in premiums. So

you have.

You could look on it that I transported you and your bullion from Lutheran. No,

James, we couldn't look on it that way at all.

Now what are you after? Well, I couldn't help but notice, but Fraser's are

laying down another couple of ships. And? Well, you'll be wanting steel

and Swansea, eh?

I can quote you very fair, eh? And so could the Fraser line.

Damn you.

One favour deserves another.

James, I think I've had enough favours returned for one day.

Oh, very well. The contract's yours.

Oh, good. We'll be docking at noon. Come round to tea. We'll talk over the

details then, eh?

Oh, it does suit you.

It looks beautiful on you, my lady. I think it would look better on you. Oh,

no. Daniel bought it for you.

It is my favourite.

Oh, yes, you look. Look at that. Isn't the needlework exquisite?

Oh, yes.

No, James, let's not haggle. We'll split the difference. Well, it's a lot less

than I'd hoped for. And it's a lot more than I wanted to pay.

Don't let your tea get cold. Come on, you two. Business can wait.

Oh, James, wherever are you going to hang this? Oh, I know just the place for

that.

Right over here.

Where the heck did that come from?

Would you like it?

Well, it's, um... Well, it's different, yes.

Right.

We'll not wait for Charlotte.

You know that that girl gallivants round too much, eh?

Right, sit down, everybody.

Right, that's not nice.

Still, there's one consolation, Letty.

Once Charlotte's off our hands, we'll do some gallivanting around ourselves, eh?

Just the two of us.

Alone.

join the Unidid line again at the same time next week. And stay with us, we're

off to Jersey next for Bergerac.

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