Chapter 4
WHEN JOHANNA and Roald were ready to go, they climbed back onto the deck.
Roald looked quite like an unshaved peasant from a distance. Close up, people would see that his hands were clean and fine, and that his trousers were of a material that was too expensive for a peasant. Even Nellie in her old torn and stained dress no longer looked like a simple maid. And Loesie wore her dark farm dress, but the expression in her grey eyes was chilling. Johan Delacoeur refused to take off his jacket. It was plenty dirty, he said, as if being “dirty” was indicative of peasants. Martine wore one of the dresses that had been made out of the material that had been on board the Prosperity. Too fine, really, to make a convincing peasant dress. Johanna hoped that the guards wouldn’t notice any o
