"Let me in! I"m looking for Mrs Maxwell and Miss Helen Maxwell … Colonel Maxwell sent me!"
Jack did not know the Tartar women who answered the door. "Is Helen still here?" He peered inside, took a deep breath and tried again. "Helen Maxwell; is she here?"
The woman shook her head. "On the ship. Going to England." She struggled to hold the door against the blast of wind. Leaving her to it, Jack returned to his vigil at the side of the harbour, watching Redgauntlet as she crashed against the vessels on either side.
RedgauntletA naval lieutenant had joined Charlotte and the wounded sailor, his telescope levelled at the harbour as he muttered softly to himself.
"Excuse me," Jack snatched a telescope from the lieutenant"s hands. "My need is greater than thine."
"I beg your pardon?" The lie
