Friday was the first salary day, and I was quite excited. I prepared a report on the work I had done so far and headed to Captain Greggs' office. He hadn't given me an appointment, so I just knocked.
"Come in," I heard, and I entered. The Captain looked up from the documents on his desk. "Ah, Miss Bedwen, I see you are here to report?"
"And to get my first paycheck, sir," I helpfully reminded him. I would have done the work for free, anyway, but I wouldn't have signed any oaths of secrecy.
"There's no paycheck," Captain Greggs then said. Then he pointed towards the chair. "But, before you say anything, Miss Bedwen, let me explain. Sit down on that chair."
I sat, dumbfounded. What was happening? No paycheck? I wasn't going to get paid for my work? What was the point of this, then? If I
