Chapter ONE - Weebly

underestimated him. Watching Mackintosh exchange
pleasantries with his people, Ethan realized that he had
skills as a politician that Hutchinson simply did not
possess.
But his renown had a dark side as well. Here on
Brattle Street, they were as close to the North End as
to the South, and for every South Ender who saw
Mackintosh as a hero, there was a North Ender who
glared at him with murder in his eyes, clearly incensed
to see him walking the streets again.
Mackintosh, though, was oblivious of these others,
or at least pretended to be. He seemed to bask in the
adulation of his fellow South Enders, and he strode
along the avenue like a conquering hero.
Turning onto Hanover Street, they walked past the
Hallowell house. Ethan watched Mackintosh for some
sign of remorse or shame or even pride in what he had
wrought the night of the riots. But he gave no sign of
realizing where he was. He walked and waved and
smiled, and he allowed Darrow to lead him to the
Green Dragon.
Once they were inside, though, some of