Judah is caught in the fire;Gerard escapes. Judah puts on the mask.
Julia is out of Judah's power and she gives speech about he was her life and nothing else mattered as in her obsession with Barnabas and Tom Jennings. Third time wasn't a charm with this plot. She and Barnabas talk about changing history. Who resurrected and reattached the head before?
Roxanne pours over Barnabas' letter and Lamar arrives. she may go to the city to be Professional woman. Yes there were so many opportunities in 1840. Lamar flatters her creepily and asks her to marry. Lamar talks to Barnabas and Julia about his upcoming nuptials and Barnabas is speechless and shocked his gray love would marry the morturer.
Gerard dreams of Judah who wants him to find it. Gerard enters the tomb and nothing appears to be charred by the fire including Judah with mask which Gerard removes and eyes are open on the head. Which makes one wonder how Julia is no longer a follower?
So, here we are well into the story and there are a host of characters that appear to have littlle to do with the main plot and are not seen for days on end that I Find more interesting than the main story which has also totally changed from Pirate Gerard and the Java Queen.
