Time passes as it does when you are doing something boring very slowly or so it seems. But at the appointed time a bang on the gate produced an answering shout. After a few minutes Jack opened the gate and waved them in.<br/>“Come on this way.” He led them into a small room in which there was a table, chairs and a fire sending out warmth.  On the table there was a bottle and three glasses. Picking one up Jack motioned towards the other two.<br/>“Get a drink and get some warmth in you, bloody freezing that wind off the harbor.”<br/>