CHAPTER SIXTamina gulped as her foot touched a body lying on the small metal platform that formed a junction between two ladders vanishing down into the dark depths of the great ship.
She staggered as the ship rolled again. The seas were getting much rougher and it was harder to keep her balance.
“What? Who – Joe is that you?”
Another grunt and then young Joe appeared from the shadows looking white and worried.
“Joe! There you are – but then who is – Oh! – ”
As Tamina stared down at the deck, her eyes became more and more used to the dim light.
She could see that what she had thought to be a heap of rags was in fact a young woman, lying wrapped in a dark blue travelling rug that boldly showed the golden insignia of the Earl of Daventry in one corner.
Beneath it she appeared to be dr
