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The convoy for Edentown made agonizingly slow progress in the early dawn light, having to yield frequently at the narrows of Boston Neck to the incoming carts delivering food to the hungry city. Already some mongers had set up stands and were shouting the virtues of their produce. As Duncan nervously watched from behind the seat of the first wagon, Enoch Munro reined in the dapple mare Sarah had purchased in the city and looked back at the three wagons behind him.
The sturdy Scot had offered his resignation from Hancock’s employ to join Duncan, but Hancock, unable to look Duncan in the eye after delivering his shattering news, had refused, saying that Munro would continue to be paid so long as he stood at Duncan’s side to protect him. With a determined glint, Munro had vowed to do so,
