Chapter 16
“What have you discovered?” In the drawing room, Catherine pressed Lydia for news.
“A distant cousin helped him into the navy. He was at sea by the time he was twelve. Midshipman, lieutenant fairly quickly. Very bright, good at his books. And well-liked. Not a bad word about him.”
Catherine sat back in her seat. She didn’t know what she had been so afraid of hearing about Captain Avebury. His history sounded like a perfectly ordinary success story. A hard-working young man of no particular background makes his way in the world. Yes. She’d heard of such things happening, especially in the navy.
“Family?”
Lydia frowned slightly. “That’s somewhat unclear. It seems that he came from Yorkshire and moved several times to addresses in and about London. His parents appear to be dea
