Herein lies the only record I have my grandfather and what I suppose are best described as "his accomplices": a collection of cuttings from Freeport's Shipping News, the island nation's best (and only) daily circular of the period.
Why he should have kept these ragged strips of newsprint all these years, I can only wonder for they appear to incriminate both him and his associates in all manner of dastardly schemes, crimes and black-hearted adventures. An old man's pride, perhaps? Or a safeguard against betrayal by his one-time allies?
I'm tempted to term the collection a rise to riches, but in reality it is probably better termed a a descent into sin. May God rest his soul.
In any case, a man of my position within the Church cannot be found to have had an ancestor of such base cunning and so assign them to this casket, where they may be discovered when even my modest fame has passed.
(signature indecipherable)
Archbishop of Canterbury
Why he should have kept these ragged strips of newsprint all these years, I can only wonder for they appear to incriminate both him and his associates in all manner of dastardly schemes, crimes and black-hearted adventures. An old man's pride, perhaps? Or a safeguard against betrayal by his one-time allies?
I'm tempted to term the collection a rise to riches, but in reality it is probably better termed a a descent into sin. May God rest his soul.
In any case, a man of my position within the Church cannot be found to have had an ancestor of such base cunning and so assign them to this casket, where they may be discovered when even my modest fame has passed.
(signature indecipherable)
Archbishop of Canterbury
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