19/44 My brother-in-law was a Vendean, and has fought through the war. We were with him until, at the attack on Le Mans, we were separated. The vessel traded between that port and Nantes until the war broke out. Some members of the family are already established there, and our father is a magistrate, living within a couple of miles of the town." "I am sorry, madam, that I cannot offer you a passage; but I must not leave my cruising ground." "Thank you, sir. We are doing very well in the lugger. |