The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party Part 3, Chapter 19 Summary

  • A short note, dated June 15, 1775, from Goring to his sister:
  • Nothing's going on.
  • Of course there are these small skirmishes that go on around them.
  • And at night, sometimes the Brits fire cannons for no apparent reason—it doesn't seem like the Brits have much of a strategy.
  • They'll wake up at night because there are rumors that the Brits are marching, but nothing actually happens; the Brits still sit over in Boston, doing nothing.
  • Goring feels low and fearful…