Description
CHARACTERS
M3 F1
HIS LORDSHIP
HER LADYSHIP
THEIR BUTLER
THEIR UNEXPECTED VISITOR – MALE
PREVIEW
LADY Well, I took passage in a Dutch Merchantman, but while in the South China Seas we were attacked by Dyak pirates.You may imagine my distress. Cheltenham Lady’s College does not prepare you for such eventualities. I did manage to wrest a sword from one of the ruffians, but had despatched no more than six more of his fellows before it was torn from my grasp and I was hauled before the chief pirate, his captive!
LORD Tsk, tsk, tsk.
LADY I was prepared for the worst! Or even death! But he decided that since I had killed so many of his men I must join his crew until he had made up the numbers. So I did.
LORD How long were you with them?
LADY Eight weeks, and let me tell you, Montague, the life of a pirate is not what it is cracked up to be. No privacy, no soap for heaven’s sake, the traders who buy one’s loot always cheat, and even cutting throats can pall after a while when you’re doing it every day. Eventually the Captain sold me to one of the said traders for twenty-four bottles of Gordon’s Gin.
