Leo was quiet for a long moment. Then: “Was it worth it? All those men lost, all that risk… for tea and bird poop?”
“It looks like it’s trying to escape,” Leo said. what is a clipper ship
Leo looked back at the model. The tiny deck, the coiled lines, the brass bell. “What happened to them?” Leo was quiet for a long moment
He traced the line of the bow. “That’s a ‘clipper bow.’ Vertical above water, but below? A knife. It didn’t push water aside—it cut it. And the masts… they leaned back like a sprinter in the blocks because they were always, always trying to catch the wind at the perfect angle.” Leo looked back at the model
“To the question: ‘How fast can a human being go on water when money is riding on it?’”