Chapter 4 Summary

Charlotte awakes feeling much better, and as she climbs out of bed she stumbles upon the knife given to her by Zachariah. She makes up her mind to return it to him. She climbs to the deck, where the weather has turned gray and overcast. She finds Zachariah, who convinces her to join him in tea and something to eat. She learns that she was sick for four days. Charlotte tries to give the knife back to Zachariah. Zachariah tells her that there may come a time where she would want the knife, since the ship is under the control of Captain Jaggery. Charlotte defends Jaggery as a gentleman. Zachariah tells her a story about Mr. Cranick, a name Charlotte remembers Jaggery mentioning. Captain Jaggery was very hard on Mr. Cranick, and at one point Jaggery beat him so severely that one of...