The U Boats now well illuminated had been forced to dive. For a time it seemed that there were ships on fire and sinking wherever he looked. As the Se...ior Officer he felt that every ship sunk was his fault...They had made several attacks on dived U boats and suddenly they found, that the ships suddenly found some extra speed from somewhere, Which meant they had to abandon the attack to stay with the convoy.Several ships had taken hits from the submarines guns, but were still afloat, but he knew. He helped me haul in the kerosene, rope and tools as I hadn’t come into my growth yet.Each riser post and cross beam had to be tested to see if it was secure. Some had to be replaced, some just screwed into place. The diggings climbed into the mountain, reducing the chance of flooding. At last uncle Bob left me to my solitary exploration.My compass readings made no sense underground. I had to map the mine using distance and angle calculations. Many I had to repeat due to my unfamiliarity with. He turns me round and pushes me towards the settee I feel his strong hands on my shoulders I walk fearful of what he will do if I resist he turns me round and pushes me on the settee I close my legs and try to curl up but he kneels before me places his hands on my knees and opens my legs exposing me to his gaze I place my hands between my legs to cover myself but when he says move them I do he moves in closer and sniffs a murmur of approval comes from his throat and he looks up to look me in. Horrified, Jamie shook her awake. ‘Ellie, wake up! It’s just a nightmare. Wake up!’ When she did wake up, she moved with blinding speed, twisting around in bed and flinging her arms around him. Clinging to him, she cried on his shoulder for a few minutes while he stroked her gently on the back. ‘God, you scared me there for a minute. What was your nightmare about?’ he whispered after a while. ‘Can’t remember.’ she murmured and lay back down in bed awkwardly. She seemed embarrassed and still.