Chapter 17
JOHANNA GOT UP very early the next morning, and went into the misty pre-dawn to ask Master Deim for the loan of a boat, which he said he’d bring along later.
She rushed back to the camp and in the cabin of the Lady Sara, she got herself and Roald dressed for another adventure. Roald asked if they were going to listen to wood again, and Johanna said they might, but nerves knotted in her gut. She could eat only little of the porridge brought by Nellie. Loesie was still asleep, Nellie said, and it was probably better to leave her like that.
The problem of Loesie was one Johanna would have to solve later.
Out on the deck, the mist still hadn’t lifted, muffling sounds and keeping animals silent.
Two people were walking up the jetty towards the Lady Sara. When they came up the ga
