Fortunately, Jack is not left to his own devices.
Jack is savoring this apparent reprieve for his career, as well as Sophie\'s forgiveness, when he receives an urgent dispatch ordering him to Gibraltar: Napoleon has escaped from Elba..
Stephen Maturin returns from a mission in France with the news that the Chileans, to secure their independence, require a navy, and the service of English officers.
Fortunately, Jack is not left to his own devices