Hamilton finds himself smiling. Trying to hide it.
"Honestly, I'm loathe to break it to you, Burr," says Hamilton, "but you literally hate working for him."
And why should Burr? Washington is a great leader, but he has a temper, and his mistakes have been severe.
"And if you played the game," Hamilton tells him, "you would be fine. But, as it is, he can tell you don't want to be there, and he's worried he'll have another Joseph Reed on his hands."
It is possible, of course, that Burr doesn't know the whole story with Joseph Reed, writing letters to Charles Lee behind Washington's back.
The remark stings, its purpose fulfilled. But Hamilton is accustomed to pushing its like out of his mind. He sits up, watching Burr. "Please," he dismisses, "he only has eyes for his very precious Lafayette, whom he truly wishes was his son instead of that useless stepson that's been kicked out of two boarding schools now for idling, whoring, and gambling."
Again, entirely possible that Burr doesn't know about the second boarding school yet.
He reaches for his shirt, and has to puzzle out how he managed to get one half inside out and twice twisted around the other.
"And," he emphasizes, "I've already said there are obliging alphas everywhere." He doesn't meet Burr's eyes when he says: "The child doesn't have to suffer for the circumstances of its birth."
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"Honestly, I'm loathe to break it to you, Burr," says Hamilton, "but you literally hate working for him."
And why should Burr? Washington is a great leader, but he has a temper, and his mistakes have been severe.
"And if you played the game," Hamilton tells him, "you would be fine. But, as it is, he can tell you don't want to be there, and he's worried he'll have another Joseph Reed on his hands."
It is possible, of course, that Burr doesn't know the whole story with Joseph Reed, writing letters to Charles Lee behind Washington's back.
The remark stings, its purpose fulfilled. But Hamilton is accustomed to pushing its like out of his mind. He sits up, watching Burr. "Please," he dismisses, "he only has eyes for his very precious Lafayette, whom he truly wishes was his son instead of that useless stepson that's been kicked out of two boarding schools now for idling, whoring, and gambling."
Again, entirely possible that Burr doesn't know about the second boarding school yet.
He reaches for his shirt, and has to puzzle out how he managed to get one half inside out and twice twisted around the other.
"And," he emphasizes, "I've already said there are obliging alphas everywhere." He doesn't meet Burr's eyes when he says: "The child doesn't have to suffer for the circumstances of its birth."