โ ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ช, 1720 โ
@lylepenny@RobbieTheBlack@ChrissyTaggart_
*It was a perfectly nice day in Nassau - as the governor of the island had breakfast on the veranda surrounded by attentive servants.
Strange birds squawked in tall - verdant foliage. They annoyed โ
@lylepenny@RobbieTheBlack@ChrissyTaggart_ โ Lord Baelish strenuously denied that there were ghost ships - but with a wistful smile.
He left enough doubt to encourage wilder stories - for imagination was certainly to conjure up - bigger terrors.
Petyr Baelish had heard nothing from Lyle Penny or Robbie Taggart. โ
@RobbieTheBlack@powerfulpetyr@ChrissyTaggart_ *Lyleโs dark eyes twinkled as he grinned at the Scot.* Think yโunderstimatinโ who yโtalkโn to Rob... Unlike somโ, /I/ โm still in thโlife. Mโname still means someโin in these waters. โll finโus a crew. Yโsee โf yโcan contacโ yโr olโmate โbout sails โn colours. *He slid the card-
โWishing you all a Georgian Christmas.
Do not be late for morning prayers - do not drink neat rum.โ
Gluttony is not a cardinal sin.
#MerryChristmas
โ enough proof to show the ghost ship did exist.
โI remain the crownโs most faithful servant. God save the King.
Your faithful servant - Lord Baelish - Governor of Nassau.โ
โ ๐๐ง ๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด โ
๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ถ 1720
โTo the Kingโs Most Excellent Majesty - Most Gracious Sovereign.โ
The governor of Nassau started his letter in humble tones - for it was best to treat the crown as something that may explode โ
โ sorrow - I find myself in a quandary as regarding the mythical dead crew of this fearsome ship.โ
A sensible banker turned pirate - turned Governor - must address the Crown in terms of utter disbelief.
By the time the letter reached England - there will sadly be โ
@RobbieTheBlack@lylepenny@ChrissyTaggart_ โ the small man could be anybody - innocuous and inoffensive - which was far from the truth.
The governor of Nassau melted into the evening crowd - with a humble appearance - and the smile of a pirate.
@RobbieTheBlack@lylepenny@ChrissyTaggart_ โ didnโt care where it came from.
โA pleasure doing business with both you โ but I must take my leave. I need to write some very convincing lies and call them secret intelligence.โ
Baelish took his tricorn hat and left with unhurried steps. In his brown garb โ