Micah Clarke Excerpt: Plan to Use Guard Over Faction
In a dramatic exchange the king contemplates drastic action as news from London reports arrests of merchants suspected of loyalty. Monmouth hints at rising fear and a factional crisis with plans for rapid marching and swift suppression of opposition.
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London
Wade
Monmouth
Henry
Bosworth Field
Saxon
Sir Stephen
Night raid tests discipline as rebels strike and women cry
In a moonlit raid from Bridge-Water toward Boroughbridge and Athelney Major Hooker commands a foray to snag supplies. Captain Clarke and Sir Gervas defy orders to aid a distressed woman, finding four government saddled horses and an opportunity amid the pursuit of an enemy-heavy countryside.
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England
Kream
Ovsseaay
London
Dutsaiine
Joan
Grange
Amd
Telare
Scotland
Tirid Wenties
Royal Horse
Grey
Martin Hooker
Gervas Gerome
Ffs Grey
Bridge- Water
Boroughbridge
Athelney
Gervas
Clarke
Si. Gervas
Covenant
Hooker
Sno
Sip Giersas
Mtr
Spurred pursuit ends in brutal farmhouse ambush
In a Monmouth forces raid at a Somersetshire farm, four redcoat dragoons are slain after a bold stranger from Hector Marot aids the group. A hanging victim is saved, and the veteran swordsman earns wary praise as a dramatic scene unfolds around a blazing fire. The narrative shifts to introduce Hector Marot and a wary reunion hint.
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Holloway
Gervas
Monmouth
Bridgewater
Hector Marot
Birke
Africa
New Use for Candles in Brussels Hotel
A New Yorkman in Brussels used twenty hotel candles to settle his bill by taking them then distributing them to the staff, claiming they were cheap, superior candles. The anecdote, cited by a New York consul to Belgium, humorously contrasts American practicality with European hotel customs and tipping.
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Europe
Belgium
New York
Brussels
Monsieur
Good-bye at the Gate Ends Youthful Pursuit
Mabel recalls Herbert at the front gate last night. He came to say farewell for two hours and a quarter as her father had shuttered the house. The moment marks a poignant parting in a family scene.
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Mabel
Herbert
Sir Walter Scott
Abbotsford
Walter
Bret
Now confess McBride on married life humor
In a witty interview Barlow asks McBride if his wife sits on his lap as in early marriage. McBride replies that, truthfully, she sits on him more now than before.
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McBride
Barlow
Providence Revolt of 1772 Gaspe Battle and Whipple
In 1772 a Rhode Island clash grew into a bold Providence expedition against the Gaspe, a 102 ton war tender captained by Lieutenant Duddingstone. Abraham Whipple led sixty four men by eight longboats to destroy the Gaspe at Providence bar. After paving-stone volleys and a close assault the Gaspe burned and exploded, drawing British outrage and a large reward offer.
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Gaspe
William Duddingstone
Duddingstone
Providence
Hannah
Linzee
New York
Coast Guard
New England
Abraham Whipple
England
John R. Spears
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