‘At five in the afternoon, the Bahia de Abyla sailed out of Algeciras.‘
At five in the afternoon, the Bahia de Abyla sailed out of Algeciras. It was the last ferry of the day, and Thomas Wavery was on his way to Africa, having spent the morning in Gibraltar.
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