A True Patriot by Barry Denenberg

Author:Barry Denenberg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2012-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

Mr. Wilson looks tired. His face has grown thin in recent weeks and his cheeks look hollow. He dresses with even less care than usual. He eats little and sleeps hardly at all. Lately he has been having his dinner in his tiny room, and when I come for it, it is still where I left it, untouched.

At night I can hear him walking around. He’s always scribbling away with his quill flying across the pages. If I stand quietly outside his door, I can hear the unceasing scratching of his pen. In the mornings he asks for more candles. No matter how many I give him, it isn’t enough.

He writes by moonlight if the moon is full. I am usually the first to arise, but now, when I get up to begin the day’s chores, I find him already in the barroom working by the window, sitting in Mrs. Paddock’s chair. He says he wants to catch the early-morning light. He says he has much work to do and time is running short. He says he must work when there is light.

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