Kidnapped: his Innocent Mistress by Nicola Cornick

Author:Nicola Cornick [Cornick, Nicola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

‘You came to rescue me,’ he said, and there was a tone in his voice I could not place. ‘You really are the most extraordinary girl.’

My spirits soared, but I did not tell him that he was worth fighting for. I had my pride.

‘Someone fell,’ he said. ‘Before you came down the steps.’

‘The guard,’ I said. ‘I made him drunk and then I…I pushed him. I had his knife, but I dropped it when you grabbed me.’

‘Damnation.’ Neil sighed sharply. ‘We need all the weapons we can get.’

‘But where did you get the dirk?’ I asked. ‘I thought that they disarmed you before they threw you in here.’

I felt his self-satisfaction and knew he was smiling.

‘You had not hidden it in your stocking?’ I questioned. ‘For pity’s sake, that is a trick they teach us in childhood!’

‘Not if you are not a Highlander,’ Neil said, ‘and Hoseason’s crew are a ragbag mix who do not know such ruses. They took my sword but did not even think to look for a dirk. It took me a long time to work myself free of those bonds you saw, but when Ransome came down with his pitiful tin of water this last time he was drunk and easy to overpower, even though he had a pistol.’

‘Oh dear,’ I said. I had quite liked Ransome. ‘Is he dead?’

‘No,’ Neil said. ‘Not yet. So that is two of them out of the way, and a dirk and a pistol between us.’

‘And thirteen crew left,’ I said. ‘All as drunk as lords at present. The Captain’s discipline fell apart when the fog came down.’

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