“I thought that was about the distance,” the Duke said. “What I don’t know is how I can convey the lady there and indeed myself. The amount of leg room we had in your boat last night has left us both somewhat cramped!”
“I can fetch two of ponies for Your Grace,” the head man suggested. “They’ll not be far away. This be where we were to land.”
“Two ponies would suit us admirably!” the Duke replied.
The head man turned away to give instructions to the oarsmen.
By now the Revenue Cutters had moved out of the creek back to the sea and it was obvious that in a few seconds they would be out of sight.
The head man set off across the marshland.
The oarsmen lifted the boat out of the water and carried it up the creek for a short distance.
Then to Jabina’s surprise they disappeared!
She real
