These Mortals
She had planned to make the entire journey in disguise. But Brown shook his head and explained that a sailing ship took its passengers as cargo, and would place them in berths the length and breadth of their bodies with only a bit of curtain to separate them; and further, that the close stool below deck would respect no disguise. If he hoped to shock her, he failed, but she admitted the point.
He would make arrangements, and in return she would help with the child and give herself out as his sister. That would be nodded at even if it was not believed. Yet the passport, which he got in her absence, was made out to one Francis Brawne, a gentilhomme anglais; he had heard that a man would face fewer questions at borders. She asked if Brown had actually seen Lord Castlereagh sig
