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Updated: May 9, 2025
The houses were built of white stones and red and grey; with shapely pillars to the cloister, and all about carvings of imagery and knots of flowers; goodly were the windows and all glazed, as fair as might be. On the river were great barges, and other craft such as were not sea-goers, river-ships that might get them through the bridges and furnished with masts that might be lowered and shipped.
Armitage began talking of the American army its strength and weaknesses with an intimate knowledge that greatly surprised and interested the young officer; and when they separated presently it was with a curious mixture of liking and mystification that Claiborne reviewed their talk. The next day brought heavy weather, and only hardened sea-goers were abroad.
To the sea-goers, tilted on a bench in the shadow of the Customs House, he added, "What life must be without a touch of lady fever is more than I can tell." A red-bearded viking at the end of the bench rose and took Peter's shoulders in a fearful grip. "What's all this talk of lady fever?" "Let be, Cap'n Dreed!" cried Peter. His boisterousness failed him like wind going out of a sail.
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