Ashes
“. . BLOWS MUST DECIDE WHETHER THEY ARE TO BE SUBJECT TO THIS COUNTRY OR INDEPENDENT.
–KING GEORGE III, WRITING TO HIS PRIME MINISTER, LORD NORTH, NOVEMBER, 1774 THE ROAD SWELLED LIKE A springtime river as we neared Williamsburg. Countless muddy boot prints and deep ruts carved by the wheels of heavily loaded wagons overflowed into the fields on both sides, cutting down the corn and wheat nearing harvest. We found ourselves in the company of more travelers than we’d seen in all the weeks since w...e fled Riverbend: sutlers with wares to sell, drovers leading herds of cattle, highborn gentlemen riding fine horses, farmers with wagonloads of hay, common folk on their way to work for the army or to enlist. Ruth watched all with wide-eyed fascination. Curzon took the measure of every man he met, conversating with some and keeping a distance from the rest.
After years of keeping to the shadows, it unnerved me to walk in the sunlight, surrounded by so many strangers. I stayed close to the cart and gave myself a strict talking-to, on the inside, where no one else could hear: Chin up, walk proud.MoreLess
–KING GEORGE III, WRITING TO HIS PRIME MINISTER, LORD NORTH, NOVEMBER, 1774 THE ROAD SWELLED LIKE A springtime river as we neared Williamsburg. Countless muddy boot prints and deep ruts carved by the wheels of heavily loaded wagons overflowed into the fields on both sides, cutting down the corn and wheat nearing harvest. We found ourselves in the company of more travelers than we’d seen in all the weeks since w...e fled Riverbend: sutlers with wares to sell, drovers leading herds of cattle, highborn gentlemen riding fine horses, farmers with wagonloads of hay, common folk on their way to work for the army or to enlist. Ruth watched all with wide-eyed fascination. Curzon took the measure of every man he met, conversating with some and keeping a distance from the rest.
After years of keeping to the shadows, it unnerved me to walk in the sunlight, surrounded by so many strangers. I stayed close to the cart and gave myself a strict talking-to, on the inside, where no one else could hear: Chin up, walk proud.MoreLess
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