The Smuggler And The Society Bride (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
The purported intent of his visit was to discover from Father Gryffd the current whereabouts of William Darby, the parish clerk, who in Sennlack, as in many Cornish towns, was also the quill master, or keeper of the books, for the smuggling operations. He wondered for a moment whether the vicar was aware of his clerk’s intimate involvement in the enterprise. Confession being good for the soul and confessions heard by clergy being privileged under the law, Gabe concluded he probably did. Dickin’s father the innkeeper, Perren Kessel, who functioned as the venturer by gathering orders and payment for William to record, had told him just this morning that he had collected enough of both to alert their contacts in France to prepare the next shipment. Soon, Gabe would be taking the Flying Gull back to sea. The prospect of matching his wits against wind, wave, storm and possible pursuit always energized him, but this time did not, as it normally did, push all other topics from his mind. Not that the voyage itself concerned him; he’d long ago consigned whatever happened on these ventures to God and fate.
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