RUNAWAYS: CHAPTER 23
Chapter 23: WHARF RATS AND SEAFARERS The next installment of my novel online, Runaways: A Tale Of Jonkanoo, a sequel to Witch from the Sea
"Smugglers are always in the market for fresh slaves, since theirs are so likely to be killed or maimed in a chase with the revenue cutters, or some other hazard of the trade," the chief constable had explained merrily.
And here Tory now stood, on display in a dim, smoky room full of what Alphonse called the vermin of the sea. The sort of men she knew very well, indeed. One of them would be her passport out of this place. She would be off-island by morning. This was the last humiliation she would have to endure.
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"Smugglers are always in the market for fresh slaves, since theirs are so likely to be killed or maimed in a chase with the revenue cutters, or some other hazard of the trade," the chief constable had explained merrily.
And here Tory now stood, on display in a dim, smoky room full of what Alphonse called the vermin of the sea. The sort of men she knew very well, indeed. One of them would be her passport out of this place. She would be off-island by morning. This was the last humiliation she would have to endure.
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