Night Crossing

November, 1970

Night CrossingMorgan spotted the two girls as soon as he boarded ship. They were in boots and miniskirts. They were leaning on the railing, waving farewells, shouting things to a group of young men on the pier. They spoke an English that was not quite English, and then one of the girls, the blonde one, called out something in Danish. Of course. The vessel was crossing from Harwich to Esbjerg.He looked at them more closely. The fact that they were Danish--or at least one of them was--made them mo...