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Show 74 "Why do they 'ave to meet, all the way over in Black Friars?" Benny wanted to know. "Cause the Bishop won't think to look for father there, Nit!" Samuel didn't like questions he considered totally stupid. "Well, it's all history now. By tomorrow, the letter will be well on its way throughout London," mused Hannah, relieved that the ordeal was almost over. "Ow!" Elise pricked her finger. "1 'ave to laugh every time I think of what we all had to go through to finally get father's letter printed by Hyrum." Samuel was now laughing. They all smiled as they reflected on the past few weeks. On printing days, the children had been stationed on corners for blocks around to watch for "those men from the Stationers' Company." And Hyrum made sure that the printing was done at the oddest hours and on the. least likely days. At Hyrum's insistence, father finally agreed that the printing could be done on the Lord's day since it was the Lord's work. "The funniest of all was when I told Hyrum that two men from the Stationers' Company were coming and he believed me!" Samuel reminisced. "And then Benny walked in and tapped Hyrum on the back. You shoulda |
