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Is the Greyhound right enough, sir?

Well, now, take her round the hall. This is where the search can end.

We'll turn 30 days.

Even more of the futile liveable run, sir.

Won't take long to put her in profit.

This is a Maguire ship from Aberdeen.

Oh, launched less than four years ago.

Alastair Maguire? Yes.

She has an unbeatable reputation.

Among shipbuilders, there's none better.

Why, she's well -founded.

Steel lower and top master.

Steel wire ropes. That makes her lighter but stronger.

To drive her harder, James. Ah, if need be.

Well, she'll stand it.

So, I manage to speak it now, Captain Ben. This is Mr. O 'Neill's eighth ship,

sir, including the Anne O 'Neill. Well, he should voyage in comfort in this one,

eh? Well, this is not Mr. O 'Neill's cabin.

Oh, really?

Now, as the T -Wind will be the fastest ship afloat between here and China, Mr.

and Eden thought it only fitting to build this special passenger

Dignitaries and consular officers and the like.

Who's going to be occupying it for the first voyage?

No one, as far as I know.

Not yet, anyway.

Will you be sailing with her, James?

Oh, that's my custom on a maiden voyage.

Well, as you know, Robert is running for Parliament, which will entail us moving

to London.

It is elected.

What every hope, James.

Aye, I'm at the chance of buying into a thriving chandlery business in London.

So we shall most certainly have left Liverpool before you return.

There is, however, one matter that I think we ought really to discuss. We

take your daughter Charlotte to London with us, James. It is quite out of the

question. Come on, there's time enough for that a bit, Sandra. No, don't buy

of these, Mrs. O 'Neill, and they're quite delicious. Oh, thank you, Mrs.

Marsden. Really, James, I mean, we ought to do something about your daughter.

It's not our business, Robert. That's something that James would like to

for himself, I'm quite sure. So you'll go by the Mediterranean?

Aye, I will. With the hope of a tow through the canal?

Aye, it's all been arranged, contract signed. How much time will you save by

doing that? A third.

Three months' voyage, cut to two.

Beg your pardon, Mr. O 'Neill. What is it, Jonathan?

No, just excuse me a minute. This gentleman's in your cabin, sir.

I told him you were busy, but he was most insistent, sir.

He kept saying it was the work of the Lord.

Zebediah Pringlehoffer.

Pastor.

Pringlehoffer. That sounds like one of our American cousins.

Excuse me a moment.

I am James O 'Neill.

May the Lord always be with you, sir.

I am his servant, Zebediah Pringlehoffer.

And what can I do for you? Not for me, sir. For the Lord God of hosts.

Tea, sir.

Bring him some tea from China.

And in what quantity, sir? Ten tons.

Ten tons.

You think that I employ a clipper just to carry ten tons?

I think that both of you would be better served if you went to a tea wholesaler.

Do not reject the Lord's call.

Your rewards can be a hundredfold.

A thousand times.

Annually. A contra. With the Pringlehoffer Missions of Peace.

Please, be seated, Mr. Pringlehoffer. I'm not acquainted with your name.

The missions, sir, were founded by my Uncle Joshua.

The woeful sinner of a man who saw the light on the trail of 49 to California,

where the Lord rewarded him with one of the richest stakes in the territory.

So? Put to the Lord's work, sir.

There are Pringle -Huffer missions in every major city of America, and to them

flock the lost and lonely souls seeking refuge in the arms of the Lord.

And a cup of tea, eh?

In good fellowship.

And, um, where do you want this delivered?

Quayside, Boston, in New England State.

Hmm. Tentons. Well, that's not open.

But first, sir.

First.

First.

It is to be a race.

Swift, in his service, is the maxim of the missions.

Tentons. Quayside, Boston.

I'll do it. The Lord's will be done.

Hmm. Oh, by the way, uh...

And may I know the names of my competitors?

There is but one, sir.

A devout servant like yourself.

Me certain Captain Fogarty.

My name will be on that contract, Elizabeth.

No other.

I'll be doing it for us.

You, William, and me.

William and I are not your responsibility, Daniel.

I am still married to Albert.

I'm not reaching for the moon, Elizabeth.

That contract's worth a thousand tons a year.

It will enable me to buy my own ship.

With me as owner, not master. My failing day is over.

That's what you said you wanted, isn't it?

Are there no other bidders for the contract?

I don't know, nor do I care. That contract's mine. I have it already.

How can you be so certain?

Here.

What do you think?

Silver.

When I get that contract, I shall replenish it from every voyage.

Be on the key to greet me when I return.

And tell me straight off that you've sold up and are ready to come away with

I don't know, Daniel.

I really don't know.

Empty phrases and idle promises to which we have

all grown accustomed.

But I promise upon election to use only words that work.

Oh, excuse me, madam.

My assistant is not available at the moment.

Can I get anything for you?

I was looking for the shipping office of the O 'Neill in London. All right,

well, it's upstairs over the shop.

But there's no one there at the moment. Can I help you?

Well, I should be much obliged for information on certain matters. In what

connection, madam?

Miss. Armitage. Ah.

My brother, the Reverend William Armitage, has for the past 30 years been

Methodist missionary in Nanping. A most worthy vocation, if I may say so.

And I have decided to visit him. Now, I understand that there is suitable

accommodation on the, uh, Tea Wind, I believe the vessel is called? Indeed

is, Miss Armitage. A most beautiful double cabin with adjoining anteroom

uh, separate offices.

Uh.

The accommodation being booked for the outward voyage?

No, no, not as yet, Miss Armitage. Then I shall take it, for myself and my

niece's companion.

Certainly, Miss Armitage. Two tickets, outward bound, in the name of Armitage.

How do you know?

Ah, no fog, it is my competitor, because Pringlehopper told me so.

When Daniel sailed, he was so confident of victory.

Ah, well, let him choose either cape, good hope or the horn. I'll still be

two weeks before him.

Poor Daniel.

James. He wants to buy his own ship.

Well, he thinks that William and I... Have

you discussed your daughter's future

with Robert and Sarah? What's the point? They won't go to London. You don't see

Robert being elected?

Well, do you?

Brother Robert's council material.

Battalion. There is the offer of a partnership in London. He won't accept.

Thought of either will frighten the wits out of him. That's unfair, James.

Robert has managed his business most successfully.

Sarah and him will never leave Liverpool. No, they'll stay here and

your daughter. In a family atmosphere.

Well, what do you expect me to do?

Take the child to sea with me?

You could marry again.

Well, you know I intended to.

And you know the result.

Caroline refused me.

There is Leonora Biddulph.

Leonora?

Oh, sorry.

Oh, it's all right, Caroline.

Good afternoon, James.

Good afternoon, Caroline.

Shouldn't you be sailing soon?

No, not until the beginning of next week.

Captain Fogarty has already sailed. Shouldn't you be making your voyage with

haste? Sure, sail as planned.

It should be a very pleasant voyage.

It could be, with you.

Am I to take that as an invitation?

Yes.

Well, James, what can I say? Say you'll sail with me.

Oh, I should need a companion.

Well, Elizabeth?

Well, I...

I'd need somebody to take care of William, but if it's all in a good

not?

So, you see, we shall most certainly be installed in London before you return.

Oh, so the election results have come in, have they, Robert?

If Robert is in London, it will, if not necessarily, be as a Member of

Parliament and as a Chancellor.

Oh, so you've bought a business, have you?

Well, I've things to settle up here first.

And you've tendered your resignation to the Council.

There's time enough for that.

And what about the shop?

Put that on the market yet?

We shall be doing so next week.

What about old Captain Webster?

Oh, James, it's your business to make suitable arrangements for him.

Suitable arrangements take time, sir.

Be it going to fee or selling a family business.

I'll not be foolhardy. Make no mistake about that.

Well, anyway, I'll be back long before it's all settled.

Nevertheless, I think you must expect to find your daughter with Elizabeth upon

your return.

Ah, well, um, Elizabeth and, uh, Mrs. Morsley are sailing with me.

What? We can't do that. Why not?

Because I've sold the accommodation.

Sold it? Ah, all the way to Foochow.

Well, then, unsell it.

That would not be advisable, James. You have the rest of your business to

consider. Your passengers, the Mrs.

Armitage, are related to Mr. Biddle.

So?

Well, you don't want to lose the call contract, do you?

I took the liberty of adding a few delicacies to the Biddle's list,

the ladies.

That's very good, John.

Will your mystery needn't be done in regular with the ladies, Captain?

Well, perhaps myself out of courtesy if invited, but...

Mr. Neaton? I think not. He was dismayed to learn we had passengers.

Passengers coached by the entry pool, Captain.

Very good. I'll come up once. Aye, sir. You get everything ready. Aye, sir.

Mount yourself up.

Bay, sir. Oh, aye.

Passengers are coming aboard, sir.

To your duties, Master.

Greet them.

Oh.

Good morning, Miss Biddle. My apologies for not being on deck to greet you. Oh,

it's of no account. Captain Baines, may I present my aunt, Luciana. How do you

do, Captain?

Ah, I guess.

Morning, Captain Baines.

Oh, I'm Mr. Biddle.

Mr. Anitnambul.

Uh... Yes? Oh, excuse me.

Yes,

he is, but he's occupied at the moment. Now, excuse me for inquiring, but

weren't there two Miss Armitage's sailing?

No. No, Captain Baines, Aunt Lucy and myself.

You, Mr. Lowe?

Oh. Well, I'll escort you to your cabin. Okay.

Any connections in China, Miss...? My brother -in -law there, in some

godforsaken place.

Carrying the word of the Lord, really? Yes, well, Miss Armitage hadn't seen her

brother for some years, so I said, go out, and here was T. Wynne with all this

grand accommodation.

Actually, it was Leonora's idea, so I asked her to come with me. I trust the

weather will be kinder than on my last voyage with you, Captain.

I brought some refreshment along. I hope Captain O 'Neill will be able to join

us.

Excuse me, sir.

Find some champagne glass.

Ah.

I've got something to report, Mr. Needleson.

What's it now?

Well, you know those two Miss Armageddon, sir?

Well, one of them is Miss Biddles.

Well, look, sir.

When Miss Biddulph sailed to the Baltic with us, I mean, that turned out to our

advantage. I mean, it was she who secured our cargo of timber, you may

And she's a... I mean, she's the most pleasant, dear. Just keep her out of my

way.

Yes, sir.

And according to Sam, the second Miss Armitage turned out to be none other

Leonora Biddles.

Oh, she's very shrewd, is Leonora Biddulph.

Yes, to no avail, though.

James will be furious.

Well, at least she knows what she wants, which is more than I can say of myself.

Yes.

You know, I must be getting old. I used to be as sure as that.

And I always thought I knew what I wanted.

A man of substance to give me the security I craved.

Not for me, the life of some sea captain's wife.

Being both parents to his children and spending most nights of the year in a

lonely bed.

No, that was not for me.

I'd made up my mind.

So I married Albert Fraser and I acquired all that I thought to be

Yet here I am, quite alone.

Well, if Captain Fogarty is to become a shipowner as he says he is, now surely

his proposal is an attractive one. Yes, if.

And even if he were a shipowner.

Oh, let's forget it.

All of them.

They're big.

Running across the bow.

Will I take the damage?

Aye, aye, Captain.

And rig the pump.

I'll lay off a course to the nearest landfall.

Aye, aye, Captain.

You need me, Miss?

You need Chatham, yes, Chatham?

Mr. O 'Neill sends his apologies, ma 'am.

He won't be down with you tonight. He's having a work and supper with Captain

Benz. In which case, Chatham, we shall be only two at table.

Very good, ma 'am.

The third night in succession, he's declined.

Working supper with Captain Baines, indeed.

He's deliberately avoiding us.

With a new ship on its first voyage, Mr. O 'Neill must have many things to

attend to. Oh, Captain Baines finds time to be pleasant.

No, he doesn't want us on board.

Rather me on board.

Tell me, do you think your humour can last two months?

I don't know, my dear.

Oh, it'll make the voyage miserable.

Only if... Why don't you pay attention to it?

Midnight should see us about 700 miles out, sir. Three and a half days.

Average, and I'm not.

It's a rocking four days' time. I'm so -so. Come in.

The sooner this voyage is over, the better.

Very savvy, sir.

No appetite, Mr.

Remedian, sir?

Well, I like it.

Have the ladies commented yet?

No, Captain. Played the same as the Mr. and Mrs. have had ever since we left.

A bite of cheese, sir. All right. Mr.

and Mrs.

Coffee.

Well,

we'll start with the cuisine.

Take it in hand, Leonora.

Oh, I know what chatting means.

Well, we mustn't upset him. Do it gradually. Yes, Aunt Lucy.

Indeed, the experience of supervising the cooking for the officers and

will stand you in very good stead for dinner parties when you marry.

Yes, Aunt Lucy.

Begin tomorrow.

Yes, Aunt Lucy.

This is your domain, is it?

Aye, like I was telling you at breakfast, miss.

Gave enough room to turn around.

And, uh... What tasty dish is this you're preparing for? Oh, a few oaks of

on the boil, a couple handfuls of chopped vegetables in, and make a stew.

Lovely.

Have you always been a cook, Chatham? Bless your heart, no, miss. I was a

before the deer.

I fell from the main stop.

Not much use in the shrouds after that.

Still... He's always been my life.

You became a cook.

I've got made ones near the truth, miss.

You do very well.

Thank you, miss.

May I? Yes, sir.

Oh, thank you.

Very good, Chatham.

Aye, it is, miss.

Do you know, I think the flavour would come through a little better if you were

to skim some of the grease off the top there and add a little salt and pepper.

You say so, miss.

Have you seen my copy of Mill anywhere?

No.

Oh, it was a quotation I wanted to look up.

Robert? Hmm?

Did you go to Pettigrew's today?

Who? The estate agent for the house and business.

No. No, I didn't.

Very well.

I'll go myself in the morning.

Sarah, love, I've been wondering if you might not hold on to the shop.

With us living in London, it'd just be a millstone round our necks.

I mean, the business has been in the family for three generations now. It

stay. And who'll manage it? Have you got someone in mind?

James, for instance.

Now, he'd not care topless for it. Besides, we shall need the money for

place to establish ourselves in London.

Well, I thought we might find somewhere to rent.

Initially, until we find a house that's entirely satisfactory.

By which time James will have returned.

No, Robert.

All this goes on the market tomorrow.

Ellen, once you get the hang of the almanacs, working out a sunset is no

at all.

Did Mrs. O 'Neill know how to navigate?

I heard. He taught her himself.

Do you think you could teach me, Captain Bates?

If you wish.

I've never tried my hand at teaching before. Where is Mr. O 'Neill? No.

No, you, Captain Bates.

Very well.

Afternoon, Mr. O 'Neill.

Good afternoon, Mr. O 'Neill.

A word with you, Captain Bates?

If you can spare a moment.

I'll be with you at once, sir.

And I'll be seeing the sun tomorrow midday.

Thank you.

Good afternoon, Miss.

Good morning, Chatham.

Uh, you won't forget, will you?

Get this bike up in Gibraltar. No, I won't forget, Chatham. Thank you very

Miss.

new boats and record them. Aye, but with her pumps working, she'll take half

sail, no problem.

You'll take her to Fu Chow for repairs?

No, for tea.

For delivery to the quayside at Boston.

But that'll be the longest voyage on record, Captain Fogarty. Aye, Mr. Mate,

doubt it will be.

And you'll lose the race for certain.

I think not, Mr. Mate.

Sorry, Aunt Vixie, I am warm.

Well, that's by Aunt Vixie. Why,

my sea legs.

Ah.

Is all well?

Well, my aunt was a bit quiet, but I find the rough weather exhilarating.

Do you think I could come on deck?

Very good.

Miss Armitage, is there anything we can do to ease you?

thought the Mediterranean a calm sea.

Ah, well, it frequently is.

Only not today.

You don't need anything. You've only to shout out.

Chatham has orders to stay outside the door during the rough weather. Thank

That's very considerate of you.

Perhaps when the rough weather has died down, you will allow my aunt and I to

express our gratitude.

Even if it took a dawn to a king.

Sarah must be furious.

She is.

The shop premises was valued, stock included, and an offer made.

A good one, I believe.

Which Robert dismissed out of hand, insisting that the business's goodwill

worth far more.

Well, perhaps he's right.

I suspect James is right.

Robert is his father's son.

Nothing to chance security, first and foremost.

Oh, James takes after his mother, perhaps.

Headstrong and rebellious.

And his restlessness.

That is, I think, unique to James.

Yes, it could prove wearying.

Though some women might find it rather exciting.

Do I sense a note of regret?

I told you, Elizabeth, I don't know what I want.

As rough a stretch of water as you find anywhere along the Barbary coastline.

Are there not pirates in these waters?

There are, Miss Armitage.

But you needn't fear them.

I think the tea wind will show any pirate to scour clean wake.

Would you like a glass of sherry, Mr. Rennie? Thank you, Miss Biddulph.

Are you pleased with the progress of the ship?

Satisfied, satisfied.

We've got a couple of days in hand due to that last little blow.

And Port Said now no more than three days away?

Miss Biddulph is becoming a proficient navigator.

Are you thinking of staying long in China, Miss Armitage? Oh, about a month,

then we sail to America.

Beg your pardon, sir.

I can serve dinner whenever you like, sir.

Oh, might I suggest immediately, Captain?

Immediately. Captain's cooking's improved immeasurably since the

the voyage. Yes, indeed.

Shall we be seated, ladies?

Let's get up.

Thank you.

Time for dinner.

Thank you, Captain.

Will there be time to go ashore at Port Said?

No, a day, but there's nothing to see.

Oh, the Sphinx or the Great Pyramid.

They're far inland, behind Cairo, a couple of days' journey away.

Oh, I wanted to visit the cotton market.

You shouldn't go in there unaccompanied, Miss Biddle. It's too dangerous.

Well, I dare say Chatham can accompany her.

Thank you.

Only thing is, he doesn't speak French.

That's all right, I do.

Here we are.

What have you for us, Chatham?

Uh, it's a kind of a chicken stew, sir, called a casserole.

Oh, it smells delicious.

I cooked it exactly the way Miss Biddulph showed me, ma 'am.

If you wish, shall I do the honors?

Have you been interfering in the galley, Miss Biddulph?

Well, I've been supervising, yes, sir. At my suggestion.

Not merely are you content with... Texturing me in my own home, but you

aboard ship with you.

From now on, you'll kindly stay out of the galley.

Galley.

If you'll excuse me, ladies.

Of course, Captain.

Thank you, ma 'am.

That's not your fault, Chatham.

Leonora, serve me with a wing, if you please.

I've seen you ill -mannered afore, but never the like of that.

There's conniving going on. There is no conniving. You may be responsible for

keeping her out of your way.

Oh, so you put her to navigation, do you?

And now you've got her cooking, just like I'm used to. She asked me. Now, you

listen to me, thank you.

If I marry her.

to somebody of my choosing, not yours or anybody else's. Well, the self -pity

you wallow in is not likely anyone will have yet.

The mayor was not pleased being told of it by his wife. Not pleased at all.

Well, I had assumed you'd already told him of your intention of resigning from

the council. The time was not yet right.

Oh, Robert, with all the work you've got to do, what with preparing for the

election and your business in London, the sooner you get off that council, the

better. You do realise what you've done, don't you? You've committed me

irrelevantly to this course of action.

Yes. I could always refuse an offer on the house and business, but my

resignation must now go ahead. I cannot retract.

Tomorrow, we go through the canal.

It was agreed earlier this morning.

Where's the man we saw then? The man that speaks English?

English?

Look,

two more.

No.

Indeed, it wasn't worth the two I paid for. Oh, but such a pretty bracelet.

I do hope there are markets in England.

Oh, there are bound to be, my dear.

Jades and brocades.

Miss Biddle speaks French.

I'd like to come in, would you?

Biddle.

Yes? Can you help us, please?

In what way?

His man is from the company that operates the canals. He's trying to tell

something we don't understand.

Would you tell him that I will brook no delay, that it's already agreed that we

leave tomorrow at dawn?

What does he say, Miss Biller?

He says he came here to tell you that he can arrange for you to leave this

afternoon. This afternoon at 3 o 'clock for a small fee.

How much?

Combien? 500 piastres.

500 piastres.

He's a fool, 100.

100. Je casse pas ma tête. 4.

No, and 4.

200.

That's my limit.

200, c 'est la limite.

250.

250. No, I said 200.

50. And 50.

Well, then tell him he can go.

Le monsieur dit bonjour.

Vous voyagez à bord, madame?

Oui, monsieur.

Eh bien, pour vous, j 'accepte. Le chaleur devient affreux ici à cette

Oh, merci, monsieur.

What is he saying, Miss Bill?

He says that he will accept.

He said something else, too.

At the beginning, he did.

He said your manners were appalling.

Adieu, monsieur. Good day, gentlemen.

For what, Prince?

Oh, for my, uh... What was it?

Appalling manners.

There's no need for an apology, Mr. O 'Neill.

They're your way, and one accepts them.

Or one does not.

I've also displayed the most brutish of humour during the voyage. Oh, it had no

account. I realise that much depends upon the success of this voyage, and you

have many other business worries.

Such anxieties can easily put one out of thoughts, can they not?

May I hope that my downright rudeness will also be overlooked.

Oh, but I welcomed it.

Much merited and long overdue. What patience you have shown in tolerating my

foolish, girlish ways.

No, no, it is I who must apologise to you and give you my word, my solemn

word, that never...

Ever, ever again shall I pester you.

You know, if these light airs persist, we shall never make Aiden.

What are you looking at?

A douse.

She's a better sailor than we are under these conditions.

True.

But I've been watching her.

She's not overhauling us. It looks like she's keeping station on us.

Got the ladies with your life. Aye, sir.

That's the last of them over the side, sir.

I'll go below.

Reassure our passengers.

It doesn't mean for me like this.

It never got past me.

It's been moved in the side. Help me take him to my cabin.

Put him on my back.

Aunt Lucy, see that the galley stove is lit. We'll need hot water.

You have surgical instruments on board?

Aye, we do.

One of the crew dead and three wounded.

Best have them brought in here, Captain Bates.

Got to do as she says.

All right.

Get somebody to get rid of that.

Right.

Hello?

Shoot that. My father gave me the gun before we set sail.

I'm going to need bandages, ointments and swabs and more bedding, please.

Why are you flying the fever flag?

There's coronitis, so stand well clear.

Slim, where's the nearest port that's clear?

Where's the nearest port that... clear.

Don't know. We heard they got it in Bombay.

Thank you.

Bombay, there must be an epidemic, sir.

Lay a course for Colombo, Captain Bateson, please.

Aye, aye, sir.

What a voyage it takes.

Two weeks at least.

Well, we'll do what we can.

Oh, your charges must be off.

They're well enough.

But it'll be touching, Gopher Chatham.

His condition is improving at the moment, but I can't say how long he'll

without fresh fruit.

Oh, what's the state of our lard in this appetite?

Well, there are no fresh vegetables either.

And apart from three chickens, all the meat is salted.

We were relying on entering Aden today.

Well, no ship will reach Ceylon faster than we do. That I promise you.

Captain Baines!

Oh.

We'll decide it then.

So long.

He would have died days ago.

It hadn't have been for your devoted care.

Oh, poor Jonathan.

He was a kind man.

I'm sorry, I must think of very weak.

On the contrary, I think you're a remarkable young woman.

And I must admit to my shame.

for having sadly misjudged you in the past.

A wonderful night.

But I must say, it is pleasant to escape for a moment into the bosom of one's

family, amongst those one loves, and particularly dear to me at this... No,

let me recharge your glasses.

I'd like you to drink one final toast.

You ready?

To my dear wife, Sarah, who has so bravely and uncomplainingly accepted

change in the course of our lives, which I set us upon, and which has led us to

this auspicious occasion.

Sarah. Sarah.

The relectors are demanding you again, Robert.

I... Excuse me.

Would you not like to accompany me to the door, my dear?

Come on.

You'll have to accustom yourself to the early burly of public life.

Oh, I can hardly believe it.

My brother, a Member of Parliament.

Oh, James ought to be here to see us.

Yes.

Elizabeth, when they do go to London, who will take care of James's child?

Well, we can for a while.

But I doubt they'll be gone before James returns.

He should be in a food jar by now.

The new crop of tea won't arrive in Foochow until the end of the month.

So you and your aunt Lucy will have ample time to visit your uncle in

And then we can all sail back to England, eh?

We've already booked tickets to San Francisco.

I find it very disagreeable going round the Horn.

We're not going round it.

You'll have a job getting back to England if you don't.

Do you know, someday you should really take your head out of the tea bag and

look around you.

There's a railway line across America now from coast to coast.

We're taking the train.

So you've arrived, don't you?

Ah, Fogarty.

Yes, the tea winds have hashed you. Aye, that she is.

My ship's leaking like a sieve and a half sieve.

Fogarty, I must tell you that I'm your competitor for the Pringlehoffer tea

contract.

Are you?

What, may I ask, is the enchanting Miss Biddulph doing in these distant parts?

I'm visiting a relative in Lampina.

Oh, no doubt we'll return the same way as you came. No, my aunt and I are

sailing to America.

What ship?

The Josephine Estrada.

Then maybe you and your aunt would do me the honour of company from time to

time. What, aboard the Josephine Estrada?

I'm taking passage on it myself.

You?

Travelling as passenger to San Francisco?

Oh, I'm jumping ship on it.

With ten tonnes of tea.

Across America to Europe by train.

You see, I've taken the trouble to secure a special contract.

Now, the railway company will deliver my cargo, my ten tons of tea, to Boston in

under three weeks.

Exclusively.

It's a tea win that fast, don't you?

By train.

Oh, poor James.

Bravo, Daniel.

Indeed, bravo.

Outwitting James is no mean feat.

When James told me he was in that race, I confess I thought Daniel had as good

as lost.

But he was so confident of victory.

Now I see why.

Now he has the tea contract, he can buy his own ship.

Daniel, a ship owner.

And he will replenish this from every voyage, he said.

Well, what with me keeping James at bay and you keeping Captain Fogarty at arm's

length, we may very well end up two lonely old ladies and very glad of

Fogarty's packets of tea.