Commandeering Commodore
Chapter 29
"Are you sure you don't have any idea who that might have been that attacked you in the alley Commodore?" Will asked as the two men sat in the galley drinking tea.
"Mr. Turner, I am not in the habit of frequenting such vile and dissolute places as this, ergo I would not have any idea who it may have been that attacked me in the alley or for that matter what the information was they thought I was in possession of." James said a bit haughtily.
"I did not mean to insinuate you did Commodore, it just seems strange that who ever it was called you by name. I thought you might have recognized the voice or something." Will said apologetically.
"I apologize Mr. Turner, I was out of line. This whole mission is not going as it should. Between having to depend on that miscreant Sparrow and those two profligate scalawags showing up at a most inopportune time and our contact not showing up at all I am in an unpropitious state of mind here."
"Well perhaps things will go better tomorrow Commodore." Will said encouragingly.
"One may only hope Mr. Turner." James said dryly as he refilled his and Will's cups.
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"Well Jackie, what I have in mind is obtainin that fine compass of yours and lettin it lead me ta a most sizable cache of shiny." Teague said with a calculating smile.
"Sizable ya say." Jack said, the wheels turning in his head. "How sizable?"
"Ah Jackie, sizable enough to make a man happy for the rest of his days." Teague answered with a yearnfull smile.
"Would this sizable shiny perhaps be of a nature bountiful enough perhaps to make…. " and with a flop of his hands, "oh I don't know……….maybe enough to make two men happy for the rest of their days?" Jack asked anticipatorily.
After a short pause in which Teague studied Jack's face closely he replied, "Aye Jackie it might be at that dependin on the acquisitive and avaricious nature of the two men involved you see."
"So two men such as ourselves should be fully satiated and slaked for a goodly amount of time if in fact they were to split such an abundance of shiny, keepin in mind here just who it would be providin the means for findin such an accumulation of swag as it were."
Teague reached over and slapped Jack on the shoulder and said, "I believe we have an accord Jackie."
Jack winced a little at the man's touch and with a weak smile said, "Aye, so it would seem."
"I think that calls for a bit more rum Jackie, what say you to that?" Teague said merrily.
"Aye rum." Jack said with a frown, not sure he hadn't just been out Jacked by the man. Jack knew something just couldn't be right here, the man agreed to splitting the swag a bit too easily. Still frowning and going over the conversation in his head he got up to retrieve another bottle of rum.
As Jack returned with the bottle he said, "I'm havin a though here, as much as I'd like ta go after the swag right now I do have a prior commitment I'm obliged to complete before I can be doin such you understand."
"Aye Jackie, I thought as much. But no worries, the shiny has been there for all these years, no doubt it will be there for a bit more as well." Teague said in just a little too conciliatory of a tone that put Jack in even more of an uneasy temperament. He peered at the man trying to figure out just what was going on and coming up with nothing, so he did the most sensible thing he could do at the moment, he poured himself some rum and began drinking.
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"When the Pearl arrives you will need to be prepared to sneak aboard immediately." Elizabeth said to the girl as they sat in her room. "I expect them any time now."
"I have an excellent view of the harbor from my room Madame, what I am taking with me is already packed and ready, and I have already worked out the most surreptitious route to the harbor." Josette replied.
"Good, just do what we talked about and everything should be fine." Elizabeth said with a smile.
"Should I take Monsieur Bergeron with me when I go to board the ship?" Josette asked.
"How do you know about him?" Elizabeth said a bit shocked.
"He made his feelings about wanting to leave this place known to me quite awhile ago. I knew he had asked you about taking him with you when you left."
"Does anyone else know about his feelings?" Elizabeth asked concerned.
"Not as far as I know Madame. Monsieur Bergeron and I talk quite often. We have been like family for much of the time I have been here. My Mother and he were close so he feels at liberty to tell me things he would not talk to others about."
"Oh, I didn't know that." Elizabeth said the girl's words putting her a little more at ease, and then pausing to think about what Josette had asked she continued, "I think you should probably each make your way to the Pearl alone, less chance of being discovered. Would you let Mr. Bergeron know that Josette?"
"Yes I will tell him. I suppose I should leave and go back to my room now."
"Good night then Josette, hopefully we will soon be gone from here." Elizabeth said as she walked the girl to the door.
Elizabeth leaned against the door and sent a prayer out to whom ever might be listening up above that the Pearl would soon be here and that everything would work out for the best.
To Be Continued
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