It is Never Too Late to Mend Chapter XLIV

In which a convict named Robinson endures the grim company and petty cruelties of the Portsmouth hulks before being transported to Sydney, where he finds himself at the mercy of a dissipated master and the temptations of an old criminal milieu. Battling his struggles between honour and hardship, Robinson navigates his new life with a steadfast heart yearning for purpose beyond servitude and vice.