"But each person who chooses such a profession must do it for their own reasons, thus their ability varies from man to man. And while we may be plagued with an ample supply of the profession, it does not automatically follow that there is an adequate supply of capable and honourable practitioners" She replied to Msr Belmont's very modest answer. Then she, too, turned to Msr Dupont to await his descriptions of his travels. She had been caught several times, when she was much younger, trying to stow away on her favourite of her father's flute ships he had brought over from Holland for his import business.