Chapter 16
1892, Southampton
Leander traveled from Cambridge to Southampton on an unremarkable train ride. As the train approached the ancient city, the medieval walls mesmerized him. He stepped out of the railcar into the air filled with the sweet air from sea. He had missed that smell in London. Leander engaged the help of a porter, who loaded his luggage onto a trolley and hired a cab to take him to the parish. As he made his way through the port city, he marveled at her beauty.
Leander pondered the irony that while many epic journeys had embarked from Southampton throughout English history, his life journey was just beginning. The Royal Navy had launched numerous campaigns from the city. Even the Puritans left what Leander would now call home on their ship, the Mayflower. As the cab
