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Stede is genuinely determined to have things resolve to everyone's satisfaction, and instinct tells him Edward prowling around on deck in the middle of the night won't be warmly received, bell or no.
He ties a robe on, hurried and careless, and heads out on deck in slippered feet. But once he's out there, squinting across the deck in the pale silver light of the full moon, there's nothing. He'd wondered if he'd find Edward at the helm, or propped in some of the rigging, staring out into the night. There's no sign of him, except for the occasional faint metallic jingle on the breeze, whipped away as soon as he hears it.
The breeze. It's hitting them just off the bow.
Stede's preoccupation with Edward's new accessory leads him to an interesting discovery.