Forty-SixA luxurious soak in a Broad Street bathhouse and a new set of clothes John acquired from a men’s outfitters up the street, together with a hot and filling buckwheat pancake breakfast, and Sebastian was a new man.
They’d hung around on Sugar Loaf until Sheriff Kinghorn arrived. “The only goods on Sugar Loaf after dark are no-goods,” he said with a sickly grin. “Wouldn’t be surprised to find these are wanted men — when we finally identify who they are. The dogs have made that more difficult than it should be.”
At Charles Washington’s house the men John had put on watch reported all quiet; Mrs Purdy and the boys were in the kitchen with the chaplain having a mid-morning coffee. “Sebastian! Am I glad to see you?” The Reverend clapped him on the back. “Sit down and have a coffee with
