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RECOLLECTIONS OF A CONFEDERATE GENERAL BY JUBAL DE BROOKE
Liverpool, England, November, 1863.
The footman who opened the front door of the McConville’s house did not invite me inside, but instead bade me wait on the doorstep.
For an instant I feared I was not welcome – that Thomas and Sarah had somehow become aware of my counterfeit ancestry. Yet I quickly collected myself: they could not possibly know since I had not told a soul of my revelations at Astrop.
At last, Thomas McConville appeared in the doorframe, attired in a pilot coat and derby hat.
I had come to Abercromby Square at Sarah’s request so that we could go as a couple to a reception at the home of the Marchioness of Chalcross, the sourly-disposed matron Sarah and I had encountered as we entered St George’s Hall. Lady
