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No Surrender!

CHAPTER 2: The Beginning Of Troubles
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They have plenty of work to satisfy even their taste for confiscation and murder, in the large towns.
There is an army gathering, on the frontier, and they will have their hands full, ere long.
"And now, about Leigh.

My brother has always shown a dislike for him and, as it is certain that he cannot remain here, he must either return to England or go with us." "I am sure that he would choose to go with us, Jean.

You say yourself that he talks French like a native now, and although he has often told me that he would never settle in France--for naturally he is as horrified as I am with the doings in Paris, and the other great towns--still I am sure that he would choose to remain with us, now.

You see, he is strong and active, and has made so many trips with you, that he is almost a sailor.

He is within a few months of sixteen, and of late he has several times said to me that he would like to go some long voyages, and have some adventures, before settling down in business, in England, as an agent of your house." "I should like to have him with us," Jean said heartily.


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