Chapter Six'Oh, dear Lord!'
I looked away quickly as a hundred emotions surged through my body. I do not know which was uppermost. Alarm that my captain should be on the other side of the law, fear for his future, sick dread that he might be hanged or transported, anger at my father and his friends for capturing Captain Ferintosh and treating him in such a manner, or sorrow to see him in such a plight.
'Are you all right, Mary?' Mother had noticed my reaction.
I tried to compose myself. 'Yes, Mother, thank you.' I stepped back as Father and John Aitken led their prisoner away. I had to find space by myself. I could not think with so many people present. Some of the other gentlemen were looking curiously at me.
'Don't you worry about him, Miss Hepburn,' Elliot had completely misconstrue
