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‘I understand that, for many of you, this will be unthinkable. A woman in charge, such a thing does not happen. I understand. But gentlemen, I give you my pledge, I will be as fair as any man, and will reward handsomely all who serve me. Though I have not spent much of my life at sea, it is in my blood as much as it is in yours…’

‘It is why,’ Louise continued, ‘with the authority vested in me through my ownership of the Old Moon and my close relationship with mevrouw Van Raay, I am taking it upon myself to assume command of the ship.’