Wednesday, May 29, 1776
- Curzon takes Isabel to the Tea Water Pump. It's where the rich people get their water because it's really tasty and clear. It's also so important that it gets capitalized.
- As he shows her around the city, Curzon has a lot of things to say about the current political situation. For starters, Lockton's a "dirty Loyalist" for opposing independence for the colonies. He tries to persuade Isabel to join the rebels along with him and his master and be a spy. If she does, he's certain that Colonel Regan, the Patriot officer Bellingham works with, would reward her by helping her and Ruth win their freedom.
- Isabel tells him she doesn't understand how she's supposed to discover information if they won't talk around her. Curzon says that on the contrary, people like Lockton consider their slaves to be objects without ears and will say most anything in front of them, no matter how dangerous the information is.