Days later, Radium glistened off the port bow.  Mister Dimity, having been volunteered for the dubious honor of pretending to be an Imperial officer, plucked at his beige dress tunic and fusses yet again.<br/><br/>"Walk me through this madcap scheme one more time," he grumbled.  "Just to make sure, you understand, that I don't flub a knot or misplace a spar in the course of this."<br/><br/>As Goshawk rounded the world, though, something seemed amiss...