Cranick, the one-armed man who's back for revenge. Grabbing his guns, Jaggery heads for the deck where he and the crew dramatically face off. One day, though, Charlotte overhears plans for a mutiny amongst the crew. Who put it there? Was it the stowaway she saw climbing onto the ship? She convinces herself it was probably nothing.Īs the voyage continues, Charlotte spends her time in her cabin or sometimes reads to the crew. Upon closer inspection, she realizes it's a grotesque face carved into a brown nut. All alone in the top cargo of the ship, she spies a grinning head at the foot of the ladder. One day on the boat, Charlotte has an adventure when she's attempting to retrieve her trunk of clothes from the steerage.
He also gives her a set of sailor clothes (a miniature pair of pants and a shirt), which she doesn't wear, but stows in her cabin nonetheless.
Around this time, Zachariah gives Charlotte a knife called a dirk, a weapon with which to protect herself. Apparently he beat one of the crewmembers until the poor guy lost his arm. Zachariah tells Charlotte about Captain Jaggery's misconduct on the Seahawk's last voyage. She also meets Zachariah, a lowly black cook who's generous and kind, but whom Charlotte doesn't think she should associate with, as she believes him to be her "inferior" (5.1). She likes him immediately, and he asks her to be his eyes and ears (read: he wants her to spy for him, not undergo complicated surgery). On board, Charlotte meets Captain Jaggery, a fastidiously dressed man with impeccable manners.
Also important: before the boat leaves the dock, Charlotte sees a shadowy figure steal aboard the ship. Against her gut feeling, and the warnings of a couple of the crewmembers, Charlotte makes the journey anyhow. The other two families who were set to join her on the voyage don't show up, for whatever reason. Grummage, is about to board a ship called the Seahawk. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle opens in Liverpool during the summer of 1832 where Charlotte, accompanied by Mr. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Summary Part I
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