Trilby
“She was tearful but composed. Thorn and Trilby had driven her to the station in his Ford and watched her depart. Naki had been nowhere in sight, but Trilby would have bet anything that he was somewhere close by.
In fact, he was. There was a rise not too far from the station; he was sitting his horse atop it, saying a quiet goodbye to the woman his heart wanted.
“Look! Isn’t that an Indian?” one of the women in the coach asked excitedly, pointing.
“Yes,” her male traveling companion said, with d...isinterest. “The place is crawling with them. Filthy, ignorant savages! It will be a better world when they’re all wiped out!”
Sissy clutched her purse tightly to prevent an outburst. She detested that kind of blind ignorance, but it was rife in the world. This insulting man probably had no concept of the kind of person Naki was, no idea of the cultures that had existed here long before the first white men arrived on American soil. Someday, she promised herself, that would change.MoreLess
In fact, he was. There was a rise not too far from the station; he was sitting his horse atop it, saying a quiet goodbye to the woman his heart wanted.
“Look! Isn’t that an Indian?” one of the women in the coach asked excitedly, pointing.
“Yes,” her male traveling companion said, with d...isinterest. “The place is crawling with them. Filthy, ignorant savages! It will be a better world when they’re all wiped out!”
Sissy clutched her purse tightly to prevent an outburst. She detested that kind of blind ignorance, but it was rife in the world. This insulting man probably had no concept of the kind of person Naki was, no idea of the cultures that had existed here long before the first white men arrived on American soil. Someday, she promised herself, that would change.MoreLess
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