Catriona Chapter 16 - The Missing Witness

In which the restless days aboard the Bass are marked by uneasy reflections and a secretive exchange of letters that stir hopes and apprehensions alike, amidst the backdrop of a stiff Highland wind and uncertain alliances. The weary journey to Inverary, fraught with storm and fatigue, brings the narrator to a somber church gathering where furtive messages pass between the powerful, signalling an ominous turn in his precarious affairs.