Chapter FiveTh ship drew into the small Harbour.
Fortunately the tide was high so that they then came alongside the quay and let down the gangplank.
There was a surge forward of the Clansmen and the pipes grew louder.
“Give them time to get the gangplank into position,” Tara said, “then you go first.”
Talbot thought with a smile that she was stage-managing the whole event as if it was a dramatic performance.
At the same time what she was saying was common sense.
He therefore waited until the seamen had secured the gangplank into its rightful position.
There were no other passengers disembarking from the ship at Lochie.
They stood on the deck, keeping to one side and watching what was happening with some curiosity.
Slowly and with dignity Talbot walked out onto the deck.
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