The narrator and Mistress Madison develop a romance and Mistress Madison looks forward to re-joining the wider world as a young woman of nineteen .
Mistress Madison was only twelve years old when the ship was trapped in the weed .
The narrator and Mistress Madison develop a romance and Mistress Madison , who was only twelve years old when the ship was trapped in the weed , looks forward to re-joining the wider world as a young woman of nineteen .