1.2.1-Takethewatch

Quatrevingt-treize 1.2.1, England and France in Concert
Um … I’ve not got much to say about this chapter except that I’m proud of myself for actually getting it read today (and in French!) because I’ve got 8 hours of driving and a dance class and a lesson plan to get done tonight so the odds of keeping up even on the second day were not great.

I did like the parallelism between the ship and the Paysan (i don’t know his name so that’s what I’m going to call him for now)—Hugo spent all this time explaining how this boat was not what it seemed, and then did the same for the man. (And then of course he points out this clever parallel, but it’s a good thing he does because otherwise I probably wouldn’t have caught it.)

But wow, what a plot twist at the end there! I thought I had this all figured out and I was kind of frustrated with Hugo for taking so long to explain, all hush-hush when it was really pretty obvious, that these guys are sending a spy into France. But all was forgiven in that last sentence, and now I’m excited to figure out what the heck is going on!