By the Mast Divided (2012)
“He had already read Gherson’s letter, a straightforward plea to a woman to rescue the man whose heart she had so completely won, with an aside to keep her husband in the dark regarding both their love and his situation.
‘John Wilkes,’ Barclay repeated, ‘is that old rogue still alive?’ ‘Captain Barclay?’ Emily enquired, looking up from an embroidery ring on which she was sewing HMS Brilliant, for she was not sure if her husband was addressing her, or just talking out loud.
‘This letter, ...from one of my volunteers, the one who entered himself as Truculence, is addressed to John Wilkes at Grosvenor Square.’ The look of incomprehension on his wife’s face invited him to add, ‘He was a famous, or should I say infamous, radical politician. Libelled half the government when he was a Member of Parliament, and claimed privilege to save himself. Did it once too often though and found himself in gaol for his sins. Must be eighty if he is a day.MoreLess
‘John Wilkes,’ Barclay repeated, ‘is that old rogue still alive?’ ‘Captain Barclay?’ Emily enquired, looking up from an embroidery ring on which she was sewing HMS Brilliant, for she was not sure if her husband was addressing her, or just talking out loud.
‘This letter, ...from one of my volunteers, the one who entered himself as Truculence, is addressed to John Wilkes at Grosvenor Square.’ The look of incomprehension on his wife’s face invited him to add, ‘He was a famous, or should I say infamous, radical politician. Libelled half the government when he was a Member of Parliament, and claimed privilege to save himself. Did it once too often though and found himself in gaol for his sins. Must be eighty if he is a day.MoreLess
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