Chapter Six
It had been ten days on the beach, and Juliet was more tired and restless than she’d been all the days on the ship. There were just the six. Two mates, her guardian, a young gentleman that had been sicker than she had been herself, and Captain Crow.
No one was talking, it seemed the bare bones of survival took all their energy and concentration, just getting enough food to eat, enough fish and plant life to sustain them, and enough warmth at night to comfort them. She was tired of attending the incessant fire that made her too hot during the day and was far too meager when the chill of night hit.
“We go off tomorrow and explore this place more, Cap’n,” the mate Dory said.
“Yes, that would be good. I’m afraid we’ll be here a long time.”
Juliet was about to cry hearing his w
