A familiar stubborn look settles on Elizabeth's features.

"The captain could be persuaded to adjourn slowly and exhibiting no obvious distress," she states, firmly, "but only with the strictest assurance that no one else on her crew will be told or otherwise led to believe there is any cause for concern."

It has the feel of an order. No one else can know, Mr. Gibbs. Not even Tai Huang, though the blasted man probably suspects after the way she gripped the rail.