The Purchase Price; Or, The Cause of Compromise
The Purchase Price; Or, The Cause of Compromise
By Emerson Hough
30 Jun, 2020
Madam, you are charming! You have not slept, and yet you smile. No man could ask a better prisoner. She turned to him, smiling faintly. "I thank you. At least we have had breakfast, and for such mercy, I am grateful to my jailer. I admit I was famish
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Madam, you are charming! You have not slept, and yet you smile. No man could ask a better prisoner. She turned to him, smiling faintly. "I thank you. At least we have had breakfast, and for such mercy, I am grateful to my jailer. I admit I was famished. What now?" With just the turn of a shoulder, she indicated the waterfront, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn, he smiled and also shrugged a shoulder. Less