Chapter 11
TRUE TO GREETJE’S word, a boy came to the house the next morning with the message that tonight’s service would be held in a boatshed in East Harbour.
Johanna didn’t see him. She was resting upstairs, as she had done for much of the previous day, and only came downstairs when he returned to accompany them to the secret location of the church service.
She had eaten a bit, but still felt really tired and not quite steady on her feet.
Roald and Father were in the hall. They had spent most of the day in the library. Father looked bright, if thin and a lot greyer than he had been when she left, and he was talking in a lively manner.
He had given Roald the heavy cloak that he used when going out on the boats.
When Johanna frowned at it, he said, “I have no more boats to use it on
