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Show 198 "What do you say?" Tomlinson narrowed his eyes on Elise. "I've known Leonard to be'a truthful man...Never had a reason to doubt his word...no never...not once." "Is that why you're sewing on these pants?" Tomlinson snatched Benny's pants out of her hands. "If the Reverend was going to America, he wouldn't leave his son here in England, now would he? And if they're on their way to America, there'd be no need for you to mend these pants, now would there?" "Leonard was quite positive we'd find Lathrop at the docks," said another of the Tomlinson group. Tomlinson went to the stew pot and inhaled the tantalizing aroma of onions and potatoes which were now simmering in their juices. "What time will he be home for supper?" he asked Elise. "He won't," said Elise defiantly. "I Said what time will he be home for supper?" he grabbed Elise and held her by her arm, "And I said he won't!" "He's gone to a Puritan meeting, hasn't he? Where?" Elise "didn't answer, Tomlinson twisted her arm. "I don't know what Puritan meeting you're talking about!" • "Are they in Kent?" "No, they're not in Kent!" |
