Landfall and hospitality aid shipwrecked party
Charles Lerimer leads a lone group inland to a fresh water stream and a higher ground house where inhabitants provide shelter. They drink at a bubbling spring and regain life and hope. The party is cared for by kind Virginia residents as their voyage ends and Desborough remains a prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lerimer
Virginia
Colonel
Katharine
Desborough
Potomac Daydream of a Virginia Maiden
A young woman near the Potomac reflects on life, love, duty, and patriotism as April sunlight and showers frame her mood. She recalls her father the diplomat, absent lovers, and a mother lost to time, weighing country versus personal desire under the breeze at Fairview Hall.
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Potomac
Tidewater
Virginia
Congress
France
Blodgett
Madam Talbot
Fairview Hall
Return of Katharine and Seymour at Fairview Hall
Katharine and John Seymour reunite after a long voyage and near separation. She reveals his fortune and estate await him, while Desborough’s deception and Talbot family ties shape their future. The pair confess enduring love and plan to live at Fairview Hall with Philip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Kate
Desborough
Seymour
Katharine
Katherine
Madam Talbot
Talbot
Fairview Hall
Father
Captain Seymour
Lord Desborough
Philip
Two Riders On River Road Approach Wilton Plantation
Weary horsemen ride up the river road toward the Wilton plantation. One rider is a boy with a grown man’s bearing, while the other appears older but is still young upon closer look.
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Wilton Plantation
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Miss Wilton
Alexandria
Goodby
Hilary
Talbot Place
Philip Lovin'ly
Yarmouth
Charleston
Radnor
Liberty
Johnson
Norfolk
Bentley