How much is the ship worth? How much would it cost to buy the other half?”The other one said “I am an inventor, sailor, and soldier. I am not a tr...der, and have no desire to run a trading ship. It is an honorable profession, but it is not for me. On the other hand, the town needs its own ships in order to grow as a port. I will sell my half to the town, for whatever price the council decided that the town’s half was worth.”I also quietly passed the word to the Commander and the Captain of the. Don’t get me wrong, we’re going to get there, but we have a lot of talking to do first, some issues to work out. Be patient, okay Doug?” Her expression was intent, the smile was still there and her eyes were full of love, but he could tell she was serious. She wasn’t ready for that question, not yet.Doug, Lane’s fingers still on his lips, nodded slowly. He didn’t know whether to weep at her rejection, as gentle as it had been, or to rejoice at the knowledge that she was thinking the same way,. Laju was impassive. Her eyes seemed to say to Binita, ‘Look, this is my job. It is part of what I have to do.’ For Binita it was shock. From where she was she could see the woman had her head just under the Thakur’s armpit and her hand was rested on the floor. The other hand had to be between them and had to have everything to do with the jangling of bangles and the jerking motion and rhythm. It was a dead giveaway. Thakur had his head upward to the ceiling and the visible hand was on Laju’s. But I don’t know where to start. I was going to visit the museums, but I don’t know much about how to find out these things.’ ‘Lina, I know you don’t know me very well, but I have a couple of ideas of how to approach this. I talked to my mom and dad and they would like to meet you. Part of the ranch they own contains the land that Faleena’s dad owned. Both of them know a lot about the story. I guess if what you say is true then you are in some way related to my mom – like fifth cousins or.