Monday, December 2, 1776
- Three days later, Madam and Lady Seymour are invited to visit a friend for the day, and Isabel gets the chance to put her plan into action. She sneaks away to the prison, taking a bucket of leftovers from dinner with her. As she walks there, she debates with herself about whether or not to do this—the punishment she'd get from Madam would be way worse than being thrown in jail and branded. Still, Curzon is her friend. He's always been there for her, and she owes him one.
- A huge guard towers over her at the prison entrance. Isabel says that her older brother is in prison and she's brought food for the prisoners. He lets her in, but insists that he take her bucket in order to "inspect" the contents. Translation: he wants to stuff his face.
- Isabel immediately finds Curzon. He's alive, but freezing, and can't stop shaking; he describes the horrors of the battles and begins to cry.
- The guard returns the bucket with half the food gone. One of the soldiers, Private Dibdin, attempts to take it away from Curzon, arguing that it's not fair for a slave to get to eat while everyone else starves to death. His sergeant instructs the men to pass the bucket around the room so everyone gets a fair share of the food.
- Then the sergeant springs a pretty big favor on Isabel: He wants her to deliver messages between the prison and their captain. Uh oh…
- Here we go again. As you might expect, Isabel tells him this isn't happening. She does tell Curzon, however, that she will be back to visit him.