I am Not Alone

Today, I learned that I am not alone. There is another woman on this ship, and she is nearly as great a pirate as me! Her name is Mary Read. She had disguised herself as a man, and she came to be on Jack and I's ship. She made a rather handsome fellow, and I happened to take interest in her. Rebuffing my advances, she revealed her true gender out of fear. I am deliriously happy. We will make the greatest of friends, I am sure. And I am even surer that we will make a deadly pirating duo, because she has shown herself to be a talented fighter. Almost as talented as I. Now I better go and let dear John know that she is a female. He has threatened to cut her throat. For all of his accomplishments, one of his major faults is that he is prone to jealousy. Oh, it will be so nice to have a fellow woman on board the ship!