They made repairs after
the storm was over and...
They made repairs after
the storm was over and went on their wayIt would
explain why there was a swath of detritus for
Eastlake to find, and also why none of it was
particularly valuableTreasure would have stayed
with the ship
"And the reef wouldn't have ripped the keel out of
a boat that got blown in here back in the 1700s?
Or 1600s?"
Wireman shrugged"Chris Shannington says no one
knows what the geography of Kitt Reef might have
been a hundred and fifty years ago
I looked at the spread-out lootThe smiling
middle daughtersThe smiling Daddy, who was soon
going to have to buy himself a new bathing costumeAnd I suddenly decided he hadn't been sleeping
with the nannyEven a mistress would have
told him he couldn't have a newspaper photo of
himself taken in that old thingShe would tiffany knockoff have
found a tactful reason, but the real one was right
in front of me, after all these years
