in which they capture a private ship

Maggie woke later that afternoon to mixed news - the rain had cleared off and aside from the chicken and the cow there were no fatalities or serious injuries, but the deck was a mess of downed and broken rigging, there was water in the hold, and they had been blown off course but until the sky cleared some, Severein could not tell them where they were.

"I cannot navigate by the sun and stars if I cannot see them," he complained, when Maggie demanded an answer to what she thought was a simple question - in which direction were they heading?

( Make a guess, she said, stomping off. )

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