Patrick Henry And The Frigate’s Keel: And Other Stories Of A Young Nation - Plot & Excerpts
He is always making deals. Like a faro gentleman.” And then they will tell you, word for word, explicitly, just what happened on that September 3, in 1814, on the lush green Louisiana coast. They will tell you how His Majesty’s brig Sophie stood into the island and flew a yellow signal from the masthead. Also how the Sophie was painted, again explicitly, black and red, white bands on the black masts, and one white stripe around her; you see, they remember those details so well down there, in spite of the fact that the rest of us have forgotten. The sound of the Sophie’s signal gun was like a clap of thunder, and the pink flamingoes darted up out of the marsh. A line of red-coated marines formed at attention upon the deck, the bo’sun’s pipes twittered brightly, and a gig was lowered. Into the gig stepped two British officers in their beautiful full-dress uniform. A sight to see! They made for the shore, in the direction of a little brick fort that showed among the liveoaks, and out from the shore came a boat to meet them.
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