" He had a reason to be angry," Jason replied for me. "The man is a thug. He works for the unions. Officially he's supposed to be a supervisor on stre...t construction projects, but his real job is to make sure that the city always uses union labor and that no one tries to leave the union." Is that it?" Maurice asked."Sadly, its true," I said. Miki started rubbing her hand up and down my arm. "I figured it out years ago. I know that a son is expected to look up to his father, but I haven't looked. Consequently travelling by coach was uncomfortable and seemingly never ending.I looked at my pocket watch. “We should be at the quayside in about four hours, my love. Try to get some sleep.”I was wrong in my estimate by several hours. Soon after leaving Rouen, where there had been a change of horses, several spokes on one of the large wheels of the diligence shattered, no doubt due to the battering delivered to them by the uneven surface of the road. The wheel needed to be removed, a. As the pallets were being lifted into the hold Shaun went aboard.Captain Stavros Papulose was a large heavily bearded man in his sixties with a ready smile on his face as he met Shaun.“I understand, Major Ramage, that we both have Jewish wives”, was his opening remark.Shaun took an immediate likening to him. Over a glass of Ouzo he gave him the coordinate’s for the pickup point.“It will take five days to join the queue to pass through the canal. I intend to wait for the night trip down. As we. The next day I saw Teddy after school. "Hey, dude. I know you're thinking about moving away but I have a basement suite to offer if you're interested. Bring your mom to my place at the end of Dustinger Road, the house with the red door and we might be able to keep you." I passed him a note with the address and he started crying, no doubt filled with gratitude. A couple of hours later, they showed up and dad was gearing up to sell them all that the place had to offer, but didn't get the chance..