Against All Flags Page #5

It were the original plans

for the fortifications

which Mistress Stevens,

sentimental-like,

had framed after

her father passed on.

Williams,

if I'm ever

permitted the honor

of Mistress Stevens'

chamber, I'd...

Well, hello.

What are these?

Belonged to

Mistress Stevens, sir.

Not the ones

she carries, though.

I should think not.

They're much

too heavy for her.

Satin Jack Sabin wouldn't

agree with you

if he were here,

which he ain't, sir.

Stood back-to-back

with him, she did.

Walked 10 paces, turned and

shot him through the head.

You mean they fought

a formal duel?

That's impossible, man.

Spitfire's a proud gal, sir.

Could have had his throat cut for

molesting her if she'd wanted to.

But instead, she asked for her

rights as a Captain of the Coast.

And it being the law

of the brotherhood,

there was none

that could deny them.

Satin Jack had to fight her.

Blew his head off,

she did, sir.

I suppose

you might say that

there was a man who really

lost his head over her, huh?

Yeah.

I'll thank you

not to fire those.

As you wish, ma'am.

Can it possibly

be 6:
00 so soon?

What do you...

I should like to have a word

with you, Mr. Hawke, in private.

Your servant, ma'am.

Perhaps it would be more

private in your private chamber.

Won't you sit down?

Why did you ask me

if it was 6:
00?

Because, ma'am,

surely nobody wears

a dress like that

before 6:
00.

Captain Roc brought it

to me from New England.

It's beautiful.

With other things.

I wanted to ask you if...

If...

If you knew

what this is.

Surely, ma'am.

It's a patch box.

What are they for?

If you care to sit in front

of the mirror, I'll show you.

A patch, ma'am, is worn by a

lady to point up her best feature.

The arch of an eyebrow,

the curve of a chin,

the line of a throat, the

roundness of her shoulder.

And why does she

do that?

Why, to attract the attention

of the gallants, naturally.

I should think that a dress like

this would do it sufficiently.

Yes, but not amongst

a dozen others.

Now, I should say that in

your case, let me see...

I think on the left cheek

would be the place.

Thus.

You see?

I like that.

My word on it, ma'am,

a lady attracts attention to

herself wherever she may be.

For instance, if she's

getting into her sedan chair,

she's always very careful to show a leg.

A discrete amount,

of course,

and it must never

look deliberate.

Everybody knows

it is deliberate,

but it must never

look it. Thus...

Try it.

Uh-huh.

Excellent, ma'am.

Excellent.

I've rarely seen better.

Then, when she's

dining at the Swan,

she always curses the waiter

in her loudest voice.

And, of course,

at the dances at Vauxhall,

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