The Sword of the Banshee by Amanda Hughes

Author:Amanda Hughes [Hughes, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, irish, United States
ISBN: 9781482040449
Google: C6S3mAEACAAJ
Amazon: B00BB0NR9E
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-02-01T09:30:15.308000+00:00

Chapter 24

By spring, India had been introduced to the gentry of the Brandywine Valley thanks to the Reverend and Mrs. Archer. The first person she met was Mr. Duncan Durham, the elderly gentleman with whom she had visited in the coach when she arrived in the Valley months ago. Luckily, he did not recognize her as the Irish peasant girl, Lorna Calleigh, who sat next to him in the coach six months earlier.

He was a staunch Loyalist who eagerly and loudly expressed his views to her about the American Revolution. From him, India was able to obtain her first glimpse into the character and views of a Delaware Tory. Others who called on her were a wealthy widow and her spinster daughter from a neighboring hamlet, several couples from church, the local magistrate, and two or three wealthy farmers from the community. India felt satisfied that at last, she had gained the trust of the Loyalists in the area. Like any other group of people, India found some of them distasteful and rude and others well-mannered and genteel.

One afternoon, when she was having tea with Reverend Archer, the housekeeper announced a Mr. Alden Quincy had come to call. India recognized the name but could not place the man even when he entered the room. The Reverend Archer knew Quincy and pushed himself up out of the chair to greet the gentleman, introducing him to India as a staunch Loyalist and Quaker who had lived in the valley for thirty years.

When Quincy spoke, India’s eyebrows shot up. At last, she remembered him. He was the leader with the gravelly voice who questioned her at her first meeting with the patriots last October. She studied the middle aged, soberly dressed gentleman leaning on a cane. So, I am not the only one leading a double life here in the Valley. It is apparent now that not all Quakers practice pacifism.

The three had a pleasant visit then as he left, Quincy slipped a note into India’s hand requesting her presence at the cloister for a meeting that night.

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