“It’s our arrangement: he learns to read, I learn to sign. If I am falling behind, it is only because he learns so quickly. He corrects me now without hesitation, jumping upon the slightest mistake and mocking my errors. He is frustrated with the way I move my face, particularly my eyebrows, and goes so far as to push at my features as if to mold them by hand. Wednesday, Later It is late, but I write by candlelight because I am too anxious to sleep. I saw Mr. Apples and Mabbot discussing anchori...ng tomorrow in the Phan Thiet port of Cochin China. This may be my last opportunity to escape, and I must take it. Again, I have packed myself some meager foods for a journey. When the party leaves tomorrow, I will wait for them to get some distance, free myself from my cell if need be, then make to the dock. I stride with my strange new appendage the three steps to my hammock and back and forth like a caged tiger, until a spot has worn in the wood where my peg lands. The strap has to be very tight to keep it from slipping, but each day I can wear it for longer stretches.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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