Chapter 3
“What’s goin’ on with you two?” McGee queried as he entered the livery from the adjoining cooperage.
Robert stood at the forge working the bellows. Sweat dripped from his forehead and ran down his arms from below his rolled up sleeves.
“What do you mean?” Robert replied, although he knew very well what was in the air between Nathaniel and him.
“Well, he’s out there workin’ on them barrels, and you’re usually with ‘im. ‘Stead you’re in here with me. So, what’s goin’ on?”
Robert ceased working the bellows. He removed the saber that he was heating, turned and looked at McGee, wiping the sweat from his brow with his forearm.
“Well?” said McGee, leaning against one of the long worktables with his arms folded across his chest, his customary stance when waiting for a response.
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