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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER HI AT late candle-light, Sir William still tarrying, I went to the north block-house, where Mr. Duncan, the lieutenant commanding the guard, received me with unusual courtesy, the reason of which I did not at the time suspect. An express from Sir William has at this moment come in, said he. Sir William is aware that a belt-bearer from Virginia awaits him. How could Sir William, who is at Castle Cumberland, know that? I began, then was silent, as it flashed into my mind that Mistress Molly had sent an express to Sir William as soon as I had told her about the strange Cayuga. That was the galloping horseman I had heard. Pondering and perplexed, I looked up to find Mr. Duncan smiling at me. I understand, said he, that Sir William is pleased to approve your conduct touching the strange Cayuga. How do you know ? I asked, quickly, my heart warming with pleasure. I know this, said Mr. Duncan, laughing, that Sir William has left something for you with me, a present, in fact, which I am to deliver to you on the morrow. What is it, Mr. Duncan? I teased; but the laughing officer shook his head, retiring into the guard-room and pretending to be afraid of me. The soldiers, lounging around the settles, pipes between their teeth, looked on with respectful grins. Clearly, even they appeared to know what Sir William had sent to me from Castle Cumberland. Aa I stood in the guard-room, eager, yet partly vexed, away below in the village the bell in the new stone church began to ring. What is that I asked, in surprise. The soldiers had all risen, taking their muskets from tha racks, straightening belts and bandoleers. In the stir and banging of gun-stocks on the stone floor, my question perhaps was not heard by Mr. Duncan, for he...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217452595 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217452590 |
| Weight | 1.22 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.84 In |
| List Price | $26.34 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 376 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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