Chapter 15
NELLIE DEBATED whether she should let Gisele know she had the key, but decided against it for the time being. She thought she could trust Gisele, as least somewhat, but if Gisele got desperate, who was to say she wouldn’t trade the information that someone had the key for something she wanted?
She might want Gisele’s help later, but she would only tell her that she had the key at that time.
So she asked Gisele and Els for information about how to poison gin. Had they ever seen or heard of gin that could be poisoned with magic?
“A lot of sailors talk about this,” Els said. “When they go out to sea, they have no way of getting back at whoever it was who sold them the foul gin, so they prefer to buy only from people they know are safe suppliers.”
“And I’m guessing you are a sa
