Black Pawl chuckled. “There are passenger ships touching at the Islands. Why choose the Deborah?”
“It should be cheaper,” said the missionary. “We have not the money for the more expensive way.”
“How do you know it will be cheaper?”
“We count on your good nature, Cap’n Pawl.”
Himself an audacious man, the Captain admired audacity in others.
“You have courage, sir,” he said.
“I know men,” was the missionary’s quiet reply.
“Where are your belongings?”
“On the beach.”
“I’ll send for them.”