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We gathered in Father’s cottage. All the Gunns were there, of course, and Niall with Catriona, hand-in-hand and looking as happy as they should be. Mr Gillespie sat at the table with us as I learned what had happened while I had been incarcerated in the jail.
“I was in London on business.” Mr Gillespie was quite at ease in our humble cottage. “And I knew nothing about your situation until your father found me.”
I reached across and squeezed Father’s hand. I should have known he would know what to do.
“Naturally, I dropped everything and came back to Scotland,” Mr Gillespie shook his head. “We arrived too late. You were already tried and sentenced. Your father and I tried to stop Lochee from sailing, but we could not.”
“I saw you,” I said.
“And then the wind was too strong for our
