Sea FenciblesChapter 16 Comrade in Arms
Colonel Maynard arrived at Sheerness in the late afternoon. He asked around for the best inn and was sent to the Admiral Rodney where he took residence. The next morning he paid a call to the port admiral's office where he was told that HMS Syren had sailed six weeks before and would not return to port before another month or two were over. Stoically, Maynard settled down in the Rodney to wait for Anson's return to port. On his third day, an older gentleman in admiral's uniform approached...