CANADA JUNE 1866
Follow and act accordingly? What the devil does Fraser mean by that? Am I to kill him, capture him or merely prevent him from doing whatever he has planned? The Royal Malverns! Walsh is going after the Malverns!
Hurrying to the nearest shipping office, Jack asked for passage to Britain on the next available ship.
“Sorry, Captain. We"re all booked up.”
“Anything will do,” Jack said, “even steerage.”
“Sorry Captain. We have nothing. It"s because of this Fenian nonsense.”
After trying a further two shipping companies with the same result, Jack learned that none of the steamboat lines sailing to Britain had any space, so contacted the Navy, in the hope they might take him.
“You"re a cashiered army officer.” A supercilious commander looked down his aristocratic nose. “Th
