Bolitho 19 - Beyond the Reef
““I cannot pull an oar, nor can I reef or steer.” He gave a small shrug. “This I understand.”Bolitho glanced at Allday’s grim features above the little man’s back, and guessed that he more than any knew something about Ozzard which he would share with no one.Keen said quietly to Owen and Tojohns, “Run out your oars—pull or back water to hold her as steady as you can.” He glanced at the small medical kit Catherine had found in the cabin and tried not to shudder; he had never forgotten Allday’s st...rength and gentleness that day aboard the frigate Undine. Keen had been a seventeen-year-old midshipman then, and the great splinter had lanced up into his groin. Ignoring the drunken surgeon, Allday had stripped him naked and had cut the splinter out with his own knife. Mercifully he had fainted after that. The terrible scar was still there. And so was he, because of Allday’s courage and care.He felt a sudden stab of despair. Zenoria had never seen or caressed the ugly, bunched scar.MoreLess
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