Usual disclaimers. humph!
Yes... I know it is a short chapter but I want to get north and the journey was boring... okay!
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Late March
Catherine hummed quietly to herself as they watched New Orleans disappear from view, delighted at last to be heading to where she knew Jack was. Captain Henri Guillaume had been kind enough to give them a small cabin, but she seemed to spend most of her time leaning over the bow rail staring into the distance as if she could will herself northwards faster than the ship could sail.
That night they squeezed together in the narrow bunk. "What's the plan now Kitty?" he asked.
"I don't know Oran - perhaps we will have to wait for an opportune moment, as Jack would say?" She smiled in the darkness. "Somehow we have to gain access to the mine, but until I see how that operates. I just don't know."
"If I can get work at the mine it will be easier," he suggested. "But if I have to work at the fort."
"There is no point worrying about it until we get there Oran - we'll make our plan then." She snuggled against him. "Goodnight!"
He wrapped his arms around her so that she could use his chest as a pillow. It really was a one-person bunk and he did not want to fall out. "Goodnight Kitty," he murmured, stroking her auburn hair as he fell asleep.
Yes... I know it is a short chapter but I want to get north and the journey was boring... okay!
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Late March
Catherine hummed quietly to herself as they watched New Orleans disappear from view, delighted at last to be heading to where she knew Jack was. Captain Henri Guillaume had been kind enough to give them a small cabin, but she seemed to spend most of her time leaning over the bow rail staring into the distance as if she could will herself northwards faster than the ship could sail.
That night they squeezed together in the narrow bunk. "What's the plan now Kitty?" he asked.
"I don't know Oran - perhaps we will have to wait for an opportune moment, as Jack would say?" She smiled in the darkness. "Somehow we have to gain access to the mine, but until I see how that operates. I just don't know."
"If I can get work at the mine it will be easier," he suggested. "But if I have to work at the fort."
"There is no point worrying about it until we get there Oran - we'll make our plan then." She snuggled against him. "Goodnight!"
He wrapped his arms around her so that she could use his chest as a pillow. It really was a one-person bunk and he did not want to fall out. "Goodnight Kitty," he murmured, stroking her auburn hair as he fell asleep.