About this story
Judge Jeffreys has no interest in the difference between medicine and mercy, and transportation to Barbados replaces the noose only because the colony needs labor more than England needs graves. On the slave block at Bridgetown, Arabella Bishop raises the bid against her father's judgment — buying a surgeon whose oath, she tells you, hasn't been tested yet.
How it opens
You were pruning geraniums when cannon fire announced rebellion beyond Bridgewater.
Jeremy PittDoctor Blood, Lord Gildoy is wounded and no other surgeon will come.
You had abandoned soldiering for medicine and considered politics another recurring fever.
A patient does not become untreatable because the king dislikes his cause.
Jeremy PittThen bring your bag before the patrol closes every road.
Choose
Boil water, bar the door, and give me every clean cloth.
Send Pitt for the nearest lawful magistrate as witness.