'My personal contact with the man has been mercifully brief,' Merriman replies, his mouth twisting as if contemplating an unpleasant taste. 'Most of what I do know has been collected over the course of letters and conversations with others -- in essence, Company gossip, which is about as accurate as any other kind. But I know enough to regard him as a man with the potential to do great harm, given the right set of circumstances.'
He'd seen the mark left by the Company's brand. He'd nearly delivered Jack Sparrow to the gallows himself, once. And if anything, what he has learned recently has only increased his determination to see history run its proper course and watch the British East India Company reap the consequences of its imperial hubris.
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Date: 2006-10-25 09:13 pm (UTC)He'd seen the mark left by the Company's brand. He'd nearly delivered Jack Sparrow to the gallows himself, once. And if anything, what he has learned recently has only increased his determination to see history run its proper course and watch the British East India Company reap the consequences of its imperial hubris.
'Why do you ask?'