Chapter Twenty-One
July 21st, 1812
Exeter, Devonshire
In the morning they visited Exeter’s major newspapers and Black paid for advertisements to run in them—and then they went their separate ways, Black to look for Billy English, she to interview doctors. Black selected her jarvey, spoke to the man, and then bade Nell farewell. The muscles around his eyes and mouth were tight and he looked as if there was a lot more he wanted to say—warnings and advice, or perhaps even an outright refusal to let her go without him.
Nell understood his anxiety. She felt it, too. Words of caution crowded on her tongue. Watch your back. Don’t take any risks. It seemed terrible that Black might endanger his life looking for Billy English today, when tomorrow it would all be unnecessary. She wished she coul
