About this story
A tide traps the Wardours on the sands, and Edie Ochiltree talks you down the cliff face. A storm takes Steenie Mucklebackit, and a false light on Halket Head lures a convoy onto the rocks; the fishertown puts its boats out. Forty chapters carry the hidden Neville to his own name and a wedding at Monkbarns.
How it opens
The Queensferry coach failed to appear at noon, leaving two ticket holders beside a cellar shop.
Your travelling name, Lovel, answered ordinary questions while concealing everything that mattered.
If the vehicle exists only in print, its advertisement is the boldest passenger here.
Mrs MacleucharThe coach is green, mostly, and has four wheels whenever all are attached.
Choose
Refunds can wait if the tide cannot.
Mrs Macleuchar should record the delay for both passengers.