After a few more days, Mary's ship 'La Sirene' is getting near Margiana's home port, but to get there they must negotiate a narrow straights. As they approach, who should already be at anchor there but Captain Caroline DuBois' ship, 'The Black Heart'! It has outmanoeuvred La Sirene and got there in advance, still after capturing Margiana and extracting a ransom for her. And seeking revenge on Mary and her crew for the earlier rescue. Mary's ship holds off for a while, but they know that to get to the harbour, they must sooner or later engage in deadly battle with Capt. Caroline's waiting ship... ** To Be Continued ** This is a bit of a departure from the previous story images in that it is mainly a Vue Render (with a few figures) rather than the other way around. I've even selected the Vue rather than the Poser section - that is bound to confuse someone! But it seemed the best way to illustrate this chapter of the story, apart from a "looking through the telescope" type pic which I used way back in #2 of the story. So I hope I am forgiven! It was also an excuse to have a full pic of the ships. More figure-based pics next time... Many thanks for looking and thanks for all the recent feedback! Cheers, Phil.