Kate stares at him, horrified and appalled. "The... Northern..."
She stops, the words strangling each other in her throat. The Northern Hemisphere. England alone would be two months if the winds were very, very favourable, and he didn't say England. He said the Northern hemisphere. She could be anywhere.
"Um. Australian, yes. The colony of Victoria. Although I was last in Adelaide, in South Australia."
How much time have I lost, she wants to ask.
What happened to me?
Where are we, exactly?
"Shit," is what she actually says, proving all those who labelled her as uncouth and an example of the lower orders right.
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She stops, the words strangling each other in her throat. The Northern Hemisphere. England alone would be two months if the winds were very, very favourable, and he didn't say England. He said the Northern hemisphere. She could be anywhere.
"Um. Australian, yes. The colony of Victoria. Although I was last in Adelaide, in South Australia."
How much time have I lost, she wants to ask.
What happened to me?
Where are we, exactly?
"Shit," is what she actually says, proving all those who labelled her as uncouth and an example of the lower orders right.