A voice in the courtyard yelled, ‘The Turks! The Turkish fleet!’
Swan turned and gathered her in his arms, and she put her hands behind his head. ‘I think you should come back,’ she said. ‘Heroes generally bore me, but you seem-’ she sighed. ‘Like Odysseus,’ she said. ‘Don’t die,’ she added.
Can Tom Swan get the girl? And which girl? Can he stay alive while he catches the traitor, steals the ring, saves the English family aboard the Katherine Sturmy and arranges for the defeat of the Turks?
Probably not. It may be enough if he lives — to get home to his wife.