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RECOLLECTIONS OF A CONFEDERATE GENERAL BY JUBAL DE BROOKE
Liverpool, England, November, 1863.
“You’ll be damned all right, General, for all those dead on your account fighting for the wrong cause.” Trinity Giddings spoke with an odd mix of anger and satisfaction.
“That’s as may be, but my immediate concern is that you’ve been tracking me, disguised as a seaman.”
She made a disapproving expression. “It would be a vanity to imagine I’d been tracking you. I encountered you entirely by accident. But perhaps you should be grateful for my mariner’s garb. I doubt those ruffians would have taken me quite so seriously had I been decked out in petticoats.”
The merest smile tickled the corners of her mouth and I felt compelled to return it.
“This city is full of danger, Miss Giddings. You s
