Sitka
“There have been times when we have thought of you as our only friend. You’ve no idea what it means to know there is someone, somewhere, who would come if called. Alexander has said as much several times. “He is ... he is not so young any more, and could never stand the rigors of a trip in an open boat. Had it not been for that we might have made the attempt.” “Has he mistreated you? Zinnovy, I mean.”“He wouldn’t dare. At least, not yet. But wait until you see him. He has changed, too.”“Changed...?”“Perhaps it is just the veneer wearing off, but he has grown more brutal. He is not formal as he was, not so stiff or so neat. He drinks a lot, and goes to the village too often for his own good. Some night one of the Kolush will kill him. Last month he shot an Indian for nothing at all, and he has had several brutally whipped.”“How about you? Would he let you go?”“Alexander believes he dares do nothing else, but I only wish I were as sure.” Shadows had grown long in the room and LaBarge became worried.MoreLess
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