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asn't it exciting?" Elizabeth asked with childlike spontaneity. "Yes," Bernard Carr said, wishing he could find excitement and adventure as easily as Elizabeth. They were sitting at a table near the front window of a large, crowded, noisy cafeteria on Sheridan Square. Outside, it was dark, and the...

CHAPTER ONE A PRIZE FOR ALTHEA From the Log of H.M. Frigate Althea: 23rd October 1803. Lat. 430 30' N. Long. 70 10' E. Wind moderate, south-easterly. Sea calm. Topmen exercised at 6 bells afternoon watch. No sail sighted. 1 There was a day in early November of the year 1803 when the First...