The Lion Triumphant (2014)
“Jake Pennlyon’s cabin was not unlike that of the galleon’s Captain. It was less spacious and the deck head was lower. The same kind of instruments were there. I saw the astrolabe and the cross staff, the compasses and hourglasses.
We were taken to his cabin, Honey, Jennet and I with the children. Edwina clung to her mother as Roberto did to me but Jake Pennlyon’s boys were examining the cabin; they were into everything, trying to understand how the astrolabe worked and chattering in a kind ...of half English and half Spanish language of their own.
Jennet was smiling to herself. “Wel, fancy, ’twere the Captain himself,” she kept murmuring.
Honey sat limply staring in front of her as though she were in a trance. I knew how she felt. She had lost a husband whom she loved—even as I had. Hundreds of memories must be crowding into her mind as they were into mine.
Felipe, I thought, I loved you.MoreLess
We were taken to his cabin, Honey, Jennet and I with the children. Edwina clung to her mother as Roberto did to me but Jake Pennlyon’s boys were examining the cabin; they were into everything, trying to understand how the astrolabe worked and chattering in a kind ...of half English and half Spanish language of their own.
Jennet was smiling to herself. “Wel, fancy, ’twere the Captain himself,” she kept murmuring.
Honey sat limply staring in front of her as though she were in a trance. I knew how she felt. She had lost a husband whom she loved—even as I had. Hundreds of memories must be crowding into her mind as they were into mine.
Felipe, I thought, I loved you.MoreLess
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