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Cooke, John Esten, 1830-1886 [1868], Fairfax, or, The master of Greenway Court: a chronicle of the valley of the Shenandoah. (G.W. Carleton and Co., New York) [word count] [eaf507T]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
SINCE the events which we have related, more The month of October, 1781, is drawing to its In a house in Winchester, a man of about eighty, with At three paces from him, erect, silent, and watchful, stands “John,” says the invalid, in a thin, weak voice. “My lord.” And the old servant approaches his master. “What noise was that, which I heard? They were shouting Old John hesitates. Upon his countenance it is easy to “Speak!” Lord Fairfax says, in his weak and faltering “No my lord,” is the low reply. “What then?”
John hesitates again. His master turns toward him with “Am I to have a reply, or are you dumb?” he says. Old John sighs, and looks at Lord Fairfax with deep “The news is bad, my lord,” he says, “and I would “Bad? speak! I am not a baby! Cornwallis has not “Worse than that, my lord.” Lord Fairfax rose suddenly erect in his chair. “Worse? what do you mean?” Old John groans this time. “I thought to keep the news from you, my lord. But “Surrendered!” “Yes, my lord!” groans old John. “To — George Washington?” “Yes, my lord.” Lord Fairfax sinks back, and a groan of inexpressible anguish “That boy! that boy!” he murmurs, “the child whom I A spasm passes over the features of the old earl, as he “Take me to bed, John, it is time for me to die!” Six months afterwards he was dead. * His words.
Cooke, John Esten, 1830-1886 [1868], Fairfax, or, The master of Greenway Court: a chronicle of the valley of the Shenandoah. (G.W. Carleton and Co., New York) [word count] [eaf507T]. |