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Well the Dame Sawtooth and all of her crew were hurt by the weapons demonstration. I saw it as her way of getting the Iron Duke on the Black Guard's trail. She didn't owe them any favors at that point.
She hated Rhys because he killed her honey a while back. Killing the Admiral's grandson and dumping him on Rhys's doorstep was just a way to hurt him before she died.
Becky wrote: "Well the Dame Sawtooth and all of her crew were hurt by the weapons demonstration. I saw it as her way of getting the Iron Duke on the Black Guard's trail. She didn't owe them any favors at that ..."You could be right. Is there anything in the book that states Dame Sawtooth did it? Looking for page numbers. I don't think the mystery that began everything was explicitly solved. It shouldn't have been left to conjecture.
Coral wrote: "She hated Rhys because he killed her honey a while back. Killing the Admiral's grandson and dumping him on Rhys's doorstep was just a way to hurt him before she died."Same question. Is it written in the book? I wonder if Dame Sawtooth would have thought Rhys knew the new captain of his ship since he'd given it to the navy and wasn't involved with staffing it. How would Sawtooth know that Rhys knew the Admiral's grandson. I'm willing to admit I might have missed it while I was reading but I couldn't find anything specific as I was looking back either.
Madison wrote: "Same question. Is it written in the book?"Yup. The guy that's taking care of Dame Sawtooth when they find her (can't remember his name just now) tells them the whole story straight out. She knew she was dying and she wanted to do something to get back at Rhys.
And Rhys didn't know the Admiral's grandson on sight, but either she didn't know that or I suppose she imagined that he could figure it out.
You'll have to forgive me because I can't give page numbers. On the Kindle at 2355 there's this exchange (that's 36% of the way into the book):"Who dropped Haynes in London?"
"I did, for her. She was already sick and wanted it done." Evans's face seemed to crumple. "We used almost all of our ice on him."
Now that I re-read that section I have to kind of agree. Why waste ice to preserve a dead man would it could have saved your life and the life of some of your crew? Admittedly the naval bombing starts at that point and the conversation gets cut off. It never really does get resolved.
Thanks Becky. It seems really weird and kind of thrown together at the last minute.
I don't get the impression that Dame Sawtooth was all that terribly sane and logical even before the bug fever. :)
Did she not do it to let Rhys know that she had the Marco's Terror? That is what drove her mad in the first place, that Rhys had settled down and given her dead beloveds ship to the Navy
Saoirse wrote: "Did she not do it to let Rhys know that she had the Marco's Terror? That is what drove her mad in the first place, that Rhys had settled down and given her dead beloveds ship to the Navy"Right! He'd basically given up the ship in the hopes that he wouldn't have to kill her.
I think I had more of an issue that they used all their ice on a dead guy when it could have saved at the very least the Dame from bug fever if not other crew members. If Evans cared about her that much wouldn't he have lied to his delirious lover and helped her recuperate?
I'm glad I stumbled upon this post, because I was missing that information too. Now it makes more sense. :)
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Turns out I liked this book. Read it in one day. I'm sure I missed something. My big question is: Why in the world did they drop the body on the Iron Duke's doorstep? Was that explained? Why bring yourself to the attention of someone like Rhys? Seems like a doofus thing to do (like waking the dragon) if you're trying to keep your plans secret.