A King's Trade (2006)
“Capt. Sir Tobias Treghues snapped. “A band of seagoing… Gypsies! Might even be pirates in a gaudier garb.”
“Well, Festival’s papers are all in order, sir,” Lewrie pointed out, with as much deferential patience as he could. “And, while there very well may be some Gypsies among the circus folk…fortune tellers and such… I don’t b’lieve we’ve any pots need mending, nor are there any babies aboard our ships to steal, so…”
“Oh, well put, young sir!” Capt. George Clowes hooted, lifting a handkerchief ...to his mouth as he had himself a good guffaw. Clowes was the senior civilian master of the East India Company “trade,” and therefore the temporary “Commodore,” who would see them all the way to Calcutta or Bombay, perhaps onwards to Canton in China, too. “We indeed are bound for Recife, Captain Lewrie, and I see no valid reason why the circus ship should not be given our protection, seeing as how we’re all going the same way. Really, Sir Tobias …” he “tsk-tsked.”MoreLess
“Well, Festival’s papers are all in order, sir,” Lewrie pointed out, with as much deferential patience as he could. “And, while there very well may be some Gypsies among the circus folk…fortune tellers and such… I don’t b’lieve we’ve any pots need mending, nor are there any babies aboard our ships to steal, so…”
“Oh, well put, young sir!” Capt. George Clowes hooted, lifting a handkerchief ...to his mouth as he had himself a good guffaw. Clowes was the senior civilian master of the East India Company “trade,” and therefore the temporary “Commodore,” who would see them all the way to Calcutta or Bombay, perhaps onwards to Canton in China, too. “We indeed are bound for Recife, Captain Lewrie, and I see no valid reason why the circus ship should not be given our protection, seeing as how we’re all going the same way. Really, Sir Tobias …” he “tsk-tsked.”MoreLess
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