A busy day yesterday. Father and Jik went over the accounts with me and confirmed what I knew. Disaster really! Dwindling capital, not much income and more expenses. I dread having to tell the Silberay.

Mother took herself for a wander and visited the old ones. I think she enjoyed meeting Fylan, but Blin’s comments about me made her uneasy. She says the buildings, especially the kitchen, are in need of attention before anyone would want to pay to use them.

Dom offered to cook for us all for the evening meal. I had to ask Tippa too, we couldn’t leave her to eat on her own. It would have been unkind. We dined in the flat since that offered the most room. As things turned out it was quite useful that Tippa was there. She was rather rude and disbelieving at first when I said we would be bankrupt in ten years if we didn’t change our ways, but when Father and Jik confirmed what I said she became quite supportive.

Jik has been really helpful to her, spending ages with her in the dry dock scraping down Sunrise‘s hull and I think she is disposed to be an admirer.

This morning I made an appointment to visit the welder today, after lunch. Father will come with me since he is not Silberay and so, hopefully, can understand and explain better than I can, why the boats disappear and who we are.