"How could they have visited you, when you were so unwell? I can bring them," Hamilton suggests, "now that you are well enough to receive them. But, as for compliments -- You should have heard the men -- cheering your name, General Montgomery's name, and, if they could find a spare moment, mine, General Washington's, the Marquis', and sometimes Samuel Adams or John Hancock, just for variety's sake."
He can see how that cage presses so on Burr, and reminds himself, here, that he must take care to ensure it does not weigh so heavy. It is his responsibility.
Theodosia spits a bit of milk on him, which he dabs up, as he knows well enough to expect it after the first five or six times.
"This is as though you have been struck with a bullet in the side, or a bout of dysentery. You need to recover, Aaron -- even the General himself had to be carried in a wagon for a month or two in the Seven Years' War, when he was struck ill." He hopes the other message in his comparison is clear: Washington recovered so that he could once again be the formidable soldier he was meant to be. Though Hamilton hasn't the slightest idea how they'll make it work, they have to, for Burr's sake.
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He can see how that cage presses so on Burr, and reminds himself, here, that he must take care to ensure it does not weigh so heavy. It is his responsibility.
Theodosia spits a bit of milk on him, which he dabs up, as he knows well enough to expect it after the first five or six times.
"This is as though you have been struck with a bullet in the side, or a bout of dysentery. You need to recover, Aaron -- even the General himself had to be carried in a wagon for a month or two in the Seven Years' War, when he was struck ill." He hopes the other message in his comparison is clear: Washington recovered so that he could once again be the formidable soldier he was meant to be. Though Hamilton hasn't the slightest idea how they'll make it work, they have to, for Burr's sake.