The next morning, the "Leisure" veered towards Sweden, preparing to resupply there.
This would certainly take some time but was still preferable to setting sail empty towards North America.
However, the twin-masted sailing ship had barely headed 20 nautical miles north when the lookout once again shouted an alarm in a sharp voice.
Two minutes later, Maderno finally saw a British escort ship charging towards the "Leisure" from its port bow.
For the past two months, roaming British warships like ravenous wolves had been lurking everywhere from the English Channel to the North Sea, and bad luck could lead one to encounter several at once.
The "Leisure" was clearly having no such luck.
Moreover, this time the British warship showed great cunning, using a reef to block the line of sight, now less than 8 cables away.
One nautical mile equals 10 cables. In the vast Atlantic Ocean, the two ships were practically nose to nose.
