Soul Seekers
“They were being escorted by half a dozen cavalrymen, but their guards were a mere precaution: Washington’s colonial forces now held most of the mainland, with snipers only a threat when close to the Boston neck.
The city lights twinkled across the water as they rode through Roxbury, but they looked to Cas like those of a small village and not the sprawling city he knew so well. Out in the harbour, lanterns hung from the rigging of tall ships, faintly illuminating their furled sails and towering... masts.
‘Are you sure you want to do this?’ Captain Mitchell’s voice sounded loud in the silence of the night. Cas nodded. ‘I owe it to them to try,’ he replied.
‘You’re a noble soul for one so young,’ Mitchell said. ‘Not what I expected of a spy.’ ‘We do what we have to,’ Cas replied. ‘What we ought to.’ ‘Ain’t that so?’ They rode until they neared the picket lines south of the city, and Cas was lifted by Mitchell from the saddle onto the hard, cold earth. Mitchell handed down a bag of coin, sixty shillings inside.MoreLess
The city lights twinkled across the water as they rode through Roxbury, but they looked to Cas like those of a small village and not the sprawling city he knew so well. Out in the harbour, lanterns hung from the rigging of tall ships, faintly illuminating their furled sails and towering... masts.
‘Are you sure you want to do this?’ Captain Mitchell’s voice sounded loud in the silence of the night. Cas nodded. ‘I owe it to them to try,’ he replied.
‘You’re a noble soul for one so young,’ Mitchell said. ‘Not what I expected of a spy.’ ‘We do what we have to,’ Cas replied. ‘What we ought to.’ ‘Ain’t that so?’ They rode until they neared the picket lines south of the city, and Cas was lifted by Mitchell from the saddle onto the hard, cold earth. Mitchell handed down a bag of coin, sixty shillings inside.MoreLess
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