Saving the Scot by Jennifer Trethewey

Author:Jennifer Trethewey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled, Amara, Highlander, Sea Captain, Mistaken Identity, Action and Adventure, Regency Romance, Historical romance, Switching places, Transatlantic voyage
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-02-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

They sailed into port at New London, Connecticut, on August 21st exactly as Captain Sinclair had promised her to the day. She hadn’t exchanged many words with him since she’d asked him to abandon the notion of escorting her to New York. The few times they had spoken, she’d hinted at it, but he’d remained unmoved. Unlike the many previous disagreements they’d had, Captain Sinclair didn’t seem angry. His demeanor was melancholy, if she were to guess. Perhaps that’s how a long voyage affected some people. Especially when you’d grown friendly with passengers you might never see again.

Mr. Peter told Louisa and Mairi it would be hours before they could go ashore, so they took their time with their toilette. During the crossing, fresh water had been too precious to waste on bathing. The ladies had had to stand in shallow tubs and sponge themselves from a basin of water. But once they weighed anchor in the calm waters of the Thames River—for like the port city of New London, its river had been named after its English counterpart—Will hauled a hip bath to their cabin and filled it with hot water.

Heaven.

They used their time luxuriating in the bath, applying powders and scents, dressing in their best gowns, pinning their hair into intricate whirls and curls, and finally adorning their heads with their best bonnets. Will knocked on their door and announced that the time had come.

“I’m going to miss you, Will,” Louisa said. “You’ve been very kind to us.”

“Oh, ye willnae miss me yet. I’m to travel with the captain as his personal ay-dee-kam.”

Louisa ran ay-dee-kam through her head a couple of times before retrieving the translation. “Do you mean his aide-de-camp?”

“Aye. That.”

“I see. Well, are you washed and ready to go?”

“Captain checked, but you can check, too, if ye like.” He bent his head and pulled the flaps of his ears forward so Louisa could inspect behind them. The fact that Captain Sinclair had checked tugged at her heart. He would be a good father and a good husband. It’s too bad he had to be a soldier. And it was very unfortunate that he would suffer when her father discovered her lie. Because General Robertson would find out. Maybe not right away, but eventually. She would do anything to change that. She’d even give up her own ambitions if she could change Captain Sinclair’s outcome to something that would make him happy.

She and Mairi followed Will up on deck and joined Reverend Wynterbottom who was shaking hands with Danny Sinkler and Turk. She didn’t see Captain Sinclair anywhere.

Mairi hung over the railing and scanned the dock, which looked and smelled like the Leith Docks in Edinburgh where they’d started their voyage. “Do you think he’s here?” Mairi asked.

“Who?”

“Mr. Kirby, a’ course.” Mairi continued to search. Would she be able to pick him out of a crowd based on the painted miniature alone?

“I doubt he’ll know to meet us.”

“That’s him.” Mairi shook Louisa’s shoulder. “That’s him.” She

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