My Name Is Not Angelica by Scott O'Dell

Author:Scott O'Dell [ODell, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

He shook his head. "It has been many years since Christ spoke these words. And it may be many more."

"While we're alive?"

"Alas, no. But never unless we are meek."

"I understand," I said, though I did not.

14

Cannon roared. Puffs of smoke floated up again. Governor Gardelin came down the ship's ladder. He scrambled into a boat draped with flags and was rowed toward shore. In the shallows he climbed on the shoulders of two guards. But after a few steps, as one of the guards stumbled, the governor fell into the water.

He came up shouting, waving his arms, and was rowed back to his ship. I didn't see him until nearly noon. They had a horse for him now. He came up from the beach surrounded by guards, with two musicians playing. Slaves were called from the fields to stand and bow. I was invited to join them. He talked to Isaak Gronnewold, who was going to Mary Point to talk to the runaways.

The governor gave him a paper with his new laws written on it. "Read to them," he said.

"They know about the laws already," Preacher Gronnewold said. "The drums have told them."

"Be sure to tell them again," the governor said.

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