Wilhelmina's diary of Fourth Adventure, fourth session

The Diaries of Wilhelmina Brody

June 3,1870

I am writing this as we are traveling down the Thames on Captain Sigorny's Tug. It started out such a nice day we were going to work on the sinkable boat MK III. Edward and Sir Cosmo actually managed to get about an hour and a half worth of work done on it before they were interrupted by the man claiming to be father. I say claiming because he shows signs of mental defects that one does not care to contemplate being in one's bloodline. He had the effrontery to attack Sir Cosmo when his offer was rejected, Edward managed to deflect his cane which he flung at Sir Cosmo and Salmalin stopped a dagger which Claude had hurled at Sir Cosmo. After that events were a blur with a running battle culminating in Edward Launching a rocket at a fleeing wagon. The wagon exploded nicely but Claude managed to escape. With all the police and people coming and going Edward and I did not manage to get back to work on the sinkable boat until after dinner. We had just managed to get some of the plumbing worked out when Dr Wilson's assistant arrived in a very agitated state. Edward paid the driver and inquired where he had picked up his fare. We then joined the rest of the household. Who were already tracking Dr Wilson by mystical means. Everyone was in a dither, Dr Wilson and his new acquaintance were trapped in a hot air balloon that was drifting toward the sea. The balloon was already past the range of the clockwork carriages, and the train to the cost would not be running for another six hours. Edward then remembered Captain Sigorny, Whom he has often traded boiler work for books with. So after a quick ride to the docks and some quick negotiation with our good captain we are on our way. The boiler needs stoking and the valve on the third cylinder seems to be miscalibrated again. Time to make my pitch for the SwSR to the Captain.

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