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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party Part 2, Chapter 20

By M.T. Anderson

Part 2, Chapter 20

Now the days really stink—without Bono, both Octavian and Cassiopeia are lonely.
The College is now settled in Canaan, a place full of Whigs and rebels; at night they can see rebels lugging cannons and hiding gunpowder.
They also get reports from Boston about how soldiers round up N****es wandering the city at odd hours and communicate with each other through whistles.
They can hear the militia practicing their shots.
It's late March, and while they wait for something bad to happen, Mr. Gitney sends his invitation out for a pox party.

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