He’d taken her in when she was found on the doorstep as no more than a baby and he was all that she’d ever known, there was no love from him he cl...imed to have named her for the village but in private confessed many times he had named her for what she was to him, a hex, a witches curse plaguing him. She never truly understood his hatred for her but then again there were many things she didn’t understand. Why her chest protruded in such a way, why her shiny ebony hair was allowed to grow so. Do you?”“No, but we have many refugees from the mainland. There may be some who want to be seamen. We will ask them, and they can be trained. In fact, the King can help pay the expenses of a trading ship that is used to train seamen for his fleet. How does that sound to you, Philipmina?”“That sounds very good. We will pay for the ship and the cargo and our crew, while the King pays for any extra people carried for training.”I added “You will also want to carry soldiers, men who don’t want to be. "Anne, thank you. You're right. I've got to rush."I ran upstairs, pulled on a shirt and a skirt and ran back down. Anne looked at me as I came down, worried."Love," I said, "You made me realize what my problem has been all this time. I'll tell you about it later. Don't wait up."When I got there, I rang the bell, then started banging on the door. When it finally opened, I almost hit Ken Chance in the face. He stepped back in surprise and I walked into his house."Chance, you've been chasing me. Miles was out of prepared food so he was shocked at the taste and sparsity of the meal. I on the other hand was satisfied with my feast.Me: Miles we need a smoker to preserve the squirrels, do you have any ideas?I thought that it was a good idea to include him in my planning. The conversation took place while we boiled water over the fire to refill out water bottles.Miles: I gave it some thought while I was fishing. I saw some of the sample smokers in our informational pack. It seems we can get.