Anne insists on staying onboard for their honeymoon, James agrees. James and Anne get married and the wedding dinner is served on the deck of the Charlotte Rhodes. The money will not last long, and while he is at sea, Robert will have to fend off the creditors and families of his crew. When Anne objects, James explains in private that he is not doing his brother any favour. He persuades Robert to enter into a partnership (and an equal share of the profits of the first voyage) by giving him all his money, £150. He is surprised, but, after some thought, accepts. He offers her an interest in the company, but she insists on the protection that only marriage can bring. Anne Webster, "on the wrong side of thirty", is significantly older than 28 years old James, at a time when single women had barely any rights. She makes James a counteroffer: the ship as dowry. Webster rejects James' low offer of £175 (his life savings), but his compelling spinster daughter, Anne, who deftly manages her cantankerous and drunken father, is concerned about her future. James calls on Captain Webster to inquire about the Charlotte Rhodes. Unfortunately, his cautious brother Robert, who has inherited their father's chandler's shop while he was away, refuses to put up any capital. Upon seeing a notice offering the old schooner Charlotte Rhodes for sale for £500, James decides to set up his own shipping company. Upon returning to Liverpool in 1860, he is denied a bonus by his employer, Thomas Callon, because a portion of the cargo has been lost. James Onedin is an ambitious, headstrong sea captain working for the Callon Line.
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