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EMPIRE OF UNREASON




тАЬWill you publish it to us, Franklin? How it was done?тАЭ

тАЬI would not have called you together otherwise. We members of the Junto do
not hold back from one another, and I shanтАЩt hold this back. In fact, if you are
all prepared, I shallтАФтАЭ

He was interrupted by the door suddenly banging open. In the doorway stood
Robert Nairne in scarlet coat, Spanish rapier hanging rakishly at his side, a
pistol in one hand.

тАЬPardon me,тАЭ he said, a bit out of breath, тАЬladies and gentlemen of the Junto.тАЭ
He paused long enough to gaze around the room, to make certain that only
members of that organization were present. тАЬBut a warlock walks among us.тАЭ

FranklinтАЩs feeling of well-being vanished as the crowd broke into angry
rattling. He held up his hands for quiet, and got enough to be heard. тАЬWhere?тАЭ

тАЬHeтАЩs in the BoarтАЩs Head, right down the street, plain as you please.тАЭ

тАЬYouтАЩre certain?тАЭ

Robert pulled out a brass device that resembled a compass. тАЬLook for
yourselves.тАЭ

Around the room, similar devices came from pockets and haversacks, and then
a grim mutter of confirmation.

тАЬWell,тАЭ Franklin said coldly, тАЬhis bad luck, then. Robert, you and Shandy keep
a watch on him. At nightfall weтАЩll make our move.тАЭ He glanced around. тАЬWe
must delay discussions of matters scientific whilst we take up the other task of
the Junto.тАЭ

The bright copper sunset had tarnished to verdigris when Franklin pulled his
greatcoat on and stepped into the streets of Charles Town. The day had been
warm, but even here, in May, in the sunniest of colonies, evening brought chill.
Boston, the town of his birth, languished beneath ice, as did New York and
Philadelphia. The heart of America had been driven south by the cold years
after the fall of the comet, and Benjamin Franklin had come south with it.



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