Epilogue
One year laterAlex looked into the mirror, lifted his collar, and ran the black bow tie around the back of his neck. ‘We should get a new boat some time. I miss the Fair Lady.’
As much as it had pained him to do so, Alex had scuttled the Fair Lady a few nautical miles out to sea, the day after Jose’s funeral.
When the South African Air Force made some low-level passes over Ilha dos Sonhos, presumably looking for the vessel which had been spotted on radar near the sinking of the Penfold Son, he was pleased there was nothing in the bay for them to photograph.
The South African Navy’s board of inquiry had found that Captain Gert Fourie had acted properly, sinking the Penfold Son. Fourie confirmed, under oath, that Penfold had told him he had left the ship and was on a motor cruis
