Susan immediately complied with his demand and teetered unsteadilyacross the kitchen to place bread into the toaster. She heard him sayto the others, ...If she does everything that she's told as quickly asthat, we're going to get on just famously," and joined in with theirknowing chuckles and smiles of agreement.She brought her husband the fresh toast when it was ready and resumedher position at his shoulder. She felt her tummy rumble and hoped thatDan didn't hear it. She thought that Dan would. The prognosis of the ship couldn't have been good after taking that many cannonballs to the gunwales, but the sailors continued to fight on at the captain's command. "Kidd!" The captain shouted over the sound of swords clashing and pistols firing."Yes Captain!" Get below deck!" Why, I can fight?" Yes, I saw that shot, but you're just a young lad, almost as old as my own son back home in England. The safest place for you is below deck, now go!" But I can stay and fight!" That's an order Kidd!. The night shift would be sleeping. At night the turnstiles would be closed, and traffic would be shut down. The soldiers who had slept during the day were by now well rested and would stand watch all night, guarding while looking for bad guys with NVGs. Reality was somewhat different. Nobody actually got all that much sleep during the day, since convoys would be coming through, and the locals would often be out there pitching a fit and demanding to come through. It was too damn noisy to sleep,. Sophie was at university, and will undoubtedly make a great career for herself when she comes down, in June. A mere month ahead. She is as beautiful as her mother, but I have to say, she must have inherited her father's brains. She's the first person in our family to get to university, and mum and I are very proud of her.The thought of what might be planned for the day after tomorrow by Josephine made me a bit jittery. I had another tryst with Cressida set for tomorrow afternoon, but hoped for.