Love Misunderstood
The captain seemed only too happy to wait, since it provided him time to devour her slowly with his eyes.
“If you know that I am not a darky, then pray tell why are you telling people that I am?” Elizabeth was finally able to ask.
“’Tis business, milady, just business,” the captain replied in a light hearted manner as he flashed a wicked grin and continued out the door.
“Then ‘tis true,” Elizabeth mumbled, more to herself than anyone else, “I am to be sold at auction as a darky”
“Aye milady,” the captain’s muffled voice floated through the closed door, “’Tis indeed true.”
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