The Battling Bluestocking
“Nor had there been word from Sir Brian.
“Not so much as a brief scrawl,” said Andrew, having stopped in Hanover Square to pay a morning call, “which must mean that he intends to return soon, Miss Jessica, for otherwise I dashed well ought to have heard from him by now.”
With that she had to be content. She had arrived at the conclusion that her aunt was right about one thing. It was time she sat down and had a talk with Sir Brian, explaining her misconceptions about mining and asking him to exp...lain certain matters to her about his own mines. As for the fact that he owned a few slaves on an island far away, well, maybe she could convince him to free them or sell the property, or to find some other way by which her own sensibilities could be reconciled. Then, too, she had to admit in all honesty that, when she thought about Sir Brian, the issue of slavery seemed somehow rather remote.
However, before the weekend was out, Jessica discovered that issue to be having an effect much nearer home than she had dreamed.MoreLess
“Not so much as a brief scrawl,” said Andrew, having stopped in Hanover Square to pay a morning call, “which must mean that he intends to return soon, Miss Jessica, for otherwise I dashed well ought to have heard from him by now.”
With that she had to be content. She had arrived at the conclusion that her aunt was right about one thing. It was time she sat down and had a talk with Sir Brian, explaining her misconceptions about mining and asking him to exp...lain certain matters to her about his own mines. As for the fact that he owned a few slaves on an island far away, well, maybe she could convince him to free them or sell the property, or to find some other way by which her own sensibilities could be reconciled. Then, too, she had to admit in all honesty that, when she thought about Sir Brian, the issue of slavery seemed somehow rather remote.
However, before the weekend was out, Jessica discovered that issue to be having an effect much nearer home than she had dreamed.MoreLess
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