Chapter ONE - Weebly

his rabble inflicted upon Thomas Hutchinson, I would.”
Ethan stared for a moment at Otis, then at the other
two. They weren’t working with Mackintosh. They
wished to use the man as their sacrificial lamb.
“You think he killed Jennifer Berson,” Ethan said.
Adams and Otis looked at Darrow.
“We doubt he killed her himself,” Darrow said. “But
as you say, he led the mob that doubtless was
responsible for her death. And unlike the death of the
Browns’ child on Pope’s Day, this might well have been
a deliberate act of murder. That’s what Abner Berson is
saying, anyway. And what’s more, this mob, also unlike
the one in November, engaged in other violent and
aggressive acts against innocents. He might well swing
for this killing.”
“And that would please you,” Ethan said. “All of
you.”
“It will please us to see justice done,” said Otis.
“Do you know that you sound exactly like
Hutchinson? And Berson? And Derne? All those who
you dismiss as Tories, they want the same thing you do.
Somehow, you’ve all decided that Ebenezer