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Show 39 nature was to make the best of a questionable decision Barbara was lagging behind. Haunting thoughts of the man she had seen through the window were in her laCc • "Barbara!" Her father's voice was calling her to supper. With resignation she joined the family. "Could you be exiled for writing such a letter against Bishops?" asked Joseph. "I am not writing the letter--!'m only printing it!" Hyrum wanted to set the record straight. "Isn't the printer as guilty as the writer? If caught, that is?" asked Joseph. "Doan't worry, Hyrum. If you were caught, you probably wouldn't be exiled. You'd probably just be branded, mutilated, flogged, and thrown in the Clink Prison for life!" Samuel knew the. words to speak that caused Hyrum to go pale. "He might just be fined 10,000 pounds," spoke Benny trying to soften the effect of Samuel's words, not realizing that much of Hyrum's heart was tied up with his riches. "That's enough, Samuel arid Benny." The tone of their father was a stern upbraid. The boys were silenced from further remarks. |