Dear Diary,
    I have come out of hiding and become Augustus Earle's cabin boy. Captain FitzRoy came over and began feeling my head. I think he was try to find lice—just thinking about lice makes me tremble. (Ugh!)
   I think that Mr. X and Agent X should be closely watched. I think I should tell the captain that it was Agent X that drilled a hole above his quarters and put a stink bomb through it.
   Mr. Darwin gets to wrapped up in his work that he forgets to eat.
   Oh my, Mr.X is heading this way. I better go tell Aliaranel. She said she'll pay me a coin every time I see Mr. X coming, but I said I wouldn't have to be paid to tell her. I said I would do it for free. She finally gave in after awhile. Off to go tell her...

Mary Grace Brown