The General’s Wife: An American Revolutionary Tale - Plot & Excerpts
Yet they must have known something was amiss once they saw her changing out of her silk dress, then discovered she did not spend the night in their dorm and a sentinel had been stationed outside Captain Taylor’s door. If anyone asked, she would admit that there was a war going on and she was the wife of the enemy, and that perhaps the captain had received intelligence that necessitated the guarding of the fort’s guest. Clara picked up her mending, inspecting it with a curious look as she joined the sewing circle. The breeches and shirts were not just torn from soldiering, they were threadbare. “It’s difficult to keep our men in uniform, Lady Clara,” explained Martha. “In fact, we really don’t have uniforms at all,” interjected Abby. “Which I suppose is good as we can make whatever it is the men need in whatever color we happen to have.” Clara was a little perplexed, so the women explained. The occupation of New York by the British necessitated the development of cottage industries as imports could rarely get through, if at all.
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