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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party Part 3, Chapter 24

By M.T. Anderson

Part 3, Chapter 24

A letter, dated June 29, 1775 from Mr. Sharpe (in Canaan) to Mr. Asquith:
They've caught Octavian. (You saw this coming, right?)
Mr. Sharpe reports that a Canaan militiaman saw a N**** fiddler in one of the companies, who could play both folk songs and the works of European masters.
Hearing that, Mr. Sharpe quickly went to the militiamen's camp in Cambridge and found Private Goring, who told him everything he needed to know to confirm Octavian's identity.
He doesn't think, by the way, that Goring worked with Octavian to hide Octavian's identity, so he doesn't think that they should take legal action against Goring.
Anyway, he thinks Goring is foolish, temperamental, childish, and too trusting.
Oh—and Octavian didn't really struggle either.
He did a little at first, sure, but once he saw that he didn't have a chance, he stopped and has since fallen into silent submission.

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