Full Summary: When Jack has no choice but to pose as a Navy officer in order to get his precious Black Pearl fixed from a sea battle against another crew of pirates, he ends up finding help in one of the most unlikely of places.
Chapter Six
Nell was sat in the kitchen, nursing a cup of tea. She had left the Admiral in the care of Mary and was looking forwards to getting some rest. It had been around two weeks since the Admiral was taken ill, and around three since Mr. Smith had left. Admiral Georges what starting to feed himself and use the chamberpot on his own. This freed Nell up to start on her duties once more. Today, Monday, she was supposed to clean as much of the house as she could, but all she wanted to do was sleep. She had not slept much at all. She was well and truly exhausted.
When she finally finished her tea, she stood and stretched a little before grabbing whatever she would need to do her work. She'd start in the drawing room - it wouldn't take too long to dust it. Then to the dining room, and then the Admiral's office.
So she made her way to each room, cleaning them to the best of her ability for when the Admiral was completely better and back to his normal self. Each room was made spotless and shining until it would be cleaned again tomorrow.
She was just finishing in the office when a scream pierced through the silence of the house, high pitched and obvously scared and shocked. Dropping everything, Nell ran out of the room as fast as her maid's uniform would let her and nearly let out a scream of her own at the sight before her. The Admiral lay on the floor, blood welling from a wound to his head and unconcious. Mary was crying once more and Katie was attempting to calm her. It took a few moments for Nell to regain her senses and she grasped the banister for support. When she spoke, her voice was weak.
"Someone, get the doctor. Someone else move him. He can't stay there." She felt horrible. She could have stopped this..