Smuggler by J. A. Sutherland

Author:J. A. Sutherland [Sutherland, J. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Darkspace Press
Published: 2019-03-06T16:00:00+00:00

Sixteen

Dansby’s mind ran away from him with thoughts of what was next to do.

He could simply leave Tyche, reboard Elizabeth, and then send that anonymous notice to Captain Stansfield. That might be the wise course.

It would not, however, be the course that would enrich Avrel Dansby by several thousand, perhaps tens of thousands, of pounds.

Nor would it enrich the crew of Elizabeth, who’d spent the last weeks haring off after Tyche and Dansby with no cargoes and no hopes of coin to fill their own purses.

Dansby had no delusions about his crew — they were loyal to him, to a point, and that point was the knot in their purse strings. Beyond that, they’d leave for greener pastures and he’d be left with a ship, Kaycie, and have to recruit a new crew — a new crew which hadn’t been broken out of slavery, or had objections to being made into slavers by the old captain of Elizabeth and her owners, the Marchant Company.

Another thing Dansby had no delusions about was the difficulty he’d have recruiting a new crew from scratch — one willing to involve themselves in the sort of shadiness he intended.

Add to that, they had been loyal to him — he assumed they’d followed Kaycie’s orders, but also assumed none had jumped ship as yet. They’d come after him with no hope for profit, only their captain’s return.

One could almost say I owe them the profit, couldn’t one? Dansby thought. They do deserve something, for their efforts, after all.

And, if one were to come right down to it, he’d not be in this position if the Navy hadn’t Impressed him — they owed, damn them.

The question was, how to get the bloody money?

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