CHAPTER I
\"Out oars! Give way together!\" the gig s m
dered. He glanced up at the small gual
uniformed marines and the gang of fettered
had paused in their labors to witness the be
a~d added crisply， \"Remember you re from
my， lads--let fall togetherI\"
~e oars splashed into the sun-dappled ri
not ~in unison， and the faces of the four sea
Majesty s sloop-of-war Porpoise were sullen
~ . . the faces of men wholly lacking in e
their task.
\"I m sorry， Mrs. Putland，\" the midshipm~
ing his voice and aware that his crew s behav
matter of some distress to his passenger. She
the widowed daughter of His Excellency Co
liam Bligh， the deposed Governor of the c
South Wales and his present commander. In
show his sympathy for her， Richard Tempe
dent hand on hers. \"We ve all been here
ma am. It s hard to keep up the men s morale
\"I know that， Mr. Tempest，\" Mary Put
edged. \"You have no need to apologize to me
She had been conscious of the seamen s fc
as she had stepped into the gig， and after eve
of frustrating inaction--spent for the most i
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