The British are Coming by Suzanne D. Williams
Author:Suzanne D. Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: alternate history, time travel, american history, Revolutionary War, short stories, romance, Christian fiction, romantic comedy
Publisher: Suzanne D. Williams
Published: 2017-06-08T00:00:00+00:00
Between the movie theyâd watched, which if he was honest, heâd found rather inspirational, and a wandering tour of the city, including the same steps Rocky Balboa had sprinted upwards, Jonas found himself in a particularly reflective state of mind. He contemplated the Liberty Bell, originally hung in the State House in seventeen fifty-two, and Independence Hall, soaking in facts which took place only months after heâd left, for the first time, an outsider to it all.
âYou are upset?â Jasmine asked when they exited.
âI am ...â One person in a crowd of others observing events he had no participation in. Though they were more real to him than those from this century, he wasnât any more connected. Indeed, his attempts to join in the fight now looked feeble. He was a faceless man, vanished in the annals of time. âNot upset,â he finished. âWould that I had more of a heartbeat to these figures, but they were only names. The document they mentioned ...â
âThe Declaration of Independence.â
Jonas nodded. âIt is of interest, its ideals exhilarating, I imagine, when first published.â
âBut ...?â
He didnât answer her, unsure how. How could he frame in a few words the scope of it in him? The idea of independence had become a reality, and he was a witness to both sides of it.
They visited the Betsy Ross house next, another event which followed his departure. He was a trifle more contemplative over the idea of a flag. Heâd seen the current one, and Jasmine had, at one point, explained about there being fifty states. Fifty, including a chain of islands in the ocean thousands of miles from here. That, he couldnât entirely grasp, though believing in things he hadnât seen was incredibly Biblical.
âWe can have an early supper,â Jasmine began, her voice breaking into his thoughts. âYou havenât tried Asian food.â
âWhy must I âtryâ anything new?â he asked. âI would prefer stew with brown bread. Our fare last evening gave me dyspepsia.â
Her lips pursed, she seemed to consider that.
Seated on a padded bench, a table between them, twenty minutes later, the bowl of stew he ordered wasnât precisely what heâd pictured, but satisfying enough. He spooned the watery broth to his lips, pausing to allow it to cool.
âWhy do you eat so much plant matter?â he asked.
Jasmine smiled, her fork plunged into a plateful of lettuce. âIt keeps me from gaining weight. I canât ever hope to be as trim as Idelle, but ...â
âShe is thin?â Jonas interrupted.
âShe is fit. She exercises a lot.â
That stirred further questions in Jonas, but he muffled them in favor of consuming his food. Across from them on a similar bench, a man shook out a news page, his face hidden behind the upheld page. Seeing the photo and headline on the back, Jonas left his meal in place and snatched it, the manâs indignant protest in his ears. Holding one finger aloft, he sank back into place.
âWhat is it?â Jasmine asked.
âIt ... it cannot be.â
Her confusion deepened, so he folded the page and slid it to her.
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