Summary

Part I, The Empress Alexandra – Many on the boat begin to grumble about Hardie, saying they knew all along on board the ship that he was evil. Grace recalls a strange incident on board the Alexandra where Captain Sutter called his men fools for not taking something straight to the safe room. Grace learned from Penelope Cumberland that two chests of gold for which Blake kept the key were stowed in the safe room. Penelope’s husband had been appointed to accompany the shipment to New York for the war effort. Grace also recalls how her father committed suicide after being defrauded by business partners over patents, and how her sister Miranda went to Chicago to become a governess to survive.

Grace recalls how only Henry saved her from a similar fate. As they left New York for London to elope, World War I...