Are you going to invite me into your house, Herr Abraham Schmidt?”“Er, do I have any choice?”“None whatsoever.”“Come in, then, of course.�...�Schmidt stood to one side, the officer ascended the steps and entered the doorway, easily squeezing his thin frame past the fat jeweller, limping slightly, aiding his progress with the help of a silver-topped cane. Schmidt looked up the street, where families were being hounded from their houses by loud, fully-armed soldiers with bayonets fitted to rifles, or. " David was not in a good mood. Once more he hopped to the door on his crutches. "Poll. What do you and your friend want? Are you going to be a Good Samaritan and help me for a bit? I'm still struggling to get up. Are you on your way to Tesco's? If so I could do with some things." No, David. Pete and me are going to take you on a raiding party to recapture a runaway slave. Where's your shoes and coat? Pete can drive." No Polly. She doesn't want me..." Stop that stupid nonsense. Of course she. Some racing yachts can get to thirty degrees 'off' the wind, others, like 'square-riggers', can only manage about sixty.If a boat is sailing as 'close' to the wind as it can, it is said to be 'close hauled',If it is sailing into the wind, but not as 'close' as it can, it is said to be 'close-reaching'.'Reaching' is sailing across the wind.'Broad-reaching' is sailing with the wind from the side and slightly from behind.A 'quartering' wind is coming at an angle from behind – i.e. not from dead. Something I believe Merlin did not know, as I suspected when fitting the wards he would have thought that a rescue attempt would kill Hermes.“No change?” Morgana asked.“No, every attempt to probe the wards has resulted in them locking us out and disturbing Hermes’ physical stability, which is why you were in a lot of demand the first few months of his initial state, John,” Rowenna replied.“And without knowing the removal sequence because you couldn’t probe them, here we are today,” I.