Camp Follower: a Mystery of the American Revolution
“Fairfax." Fairfax had told her so himself. A flush stormed up her neck into the crown of her head. "Marriage to him would be a disaster." Jonathan folded his arms over his chest the way he'd done during the Atlantic crossing when she skirted an answer or fed him an answer too simple. Frustrated, she twisted away from him. If she weren't looking at him, perhaps her thoughts would clear, freeing her to speak from her heart.
"Mr.
Fairfax's idea of sport resembles that which —" Her stomach kno...tted. She pressed trembling hands together and pushed on. "— which was forced upon me by Treadaway when I was about eleven years old." "Tobias Treadaway, the procurer?" Although Jonathan stood behind her, she heard his astonishment.
She nodded. Nausea pressed her gut. Several shaky breaths rattled from her throat. "I tried to be Anglican for Silas. I thought there might be happiness between us if I did so, but I found little comfort in his faith, and he was determined to be unhappy, regardless. After he died, I remembered the Old Ways. But what I practiced in community in Wiltshire I had to modify for secret and solitude in Wilmington." "Ah, yes," he whispered.MoreLess
"Mr.
Fairfax's idea of sport resembles that which —" Her stomach kno...tted. She pressed trembling hands together and pushed on. "— which was forced upon me by Treadaway when I was about eleven years old." "Tobias Treadaway, the procurer?" Although Jonathan stood behind her, she heard his astonishment.
She nodded. Nausea pressed her gut. Several shaky breaths rattled from her throat. "I tried to be Anglican for Silas. I thought there might be happiness between us if I did so, but I found little comfort in his faith, and he was determined to be unhappy, regardless. After he died, I remembered the Old Ways. But what I practiced in community in Wiltshire I had to modify for secret and solitude in Wilmington." "Ah, yes," he whispered.MoreLess
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