Malta Spring and Summer 1854
General Reading looked up as Jack limped across the room to his desk. "I heard that there was a disturbance near the harbour last night. I hope nobody caught you."
"No, sir." Jack placed the pile of documents on Reading"s desk. "I took everything I could find, sir. These are the papers I thought looked most interesting."
Reading shuffled through them quickly and rang his brass bell. The same young lieutenant appeared, looked down his aristocratic nose at Windrush and sprang to immediate attention. "Sir?"
"Fetch Mr. Bulloch."
A moment later Bulloch appeared. "Morning General, morning Windrush." He lifted the documents. "You were successful I see." He flicked through them. "Did anybody see you?"
"Yes, sir; as we left," Jack said, "but I don"t believe that t
