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Getting his legs back on land was never a problem for Wentworth, neither as a thin midshipman and certainly not once he gained his epaulettes. However, without a ready commission to plan for next, the circumstances were too like other painful memories that he felt woefully adrift in both port and town.
Sophie's request for company was such a veritable lifeline he did not even check the address before replying, packing his trunk, and departing at once for this proffered safe haven.