“And that we have had. From Austin to Baton Rouge and Jackson to Montgomery, from Atlanta to Raleigh and Norfolk to Richmond ... to come at last to Washington, and the seat of Old Power itself. To come at last to the very pinnacle of what we set out to do—which was to loot and burn every vestige of what had come before; every deed and every banknote, every binding contract and article of law, and to cede them back to whatever chaos must ultimately rule our lives.”
He looked out over us, his friends, his people, and seemed to reflect. “And yet I wonder—what remains of the old world and the old laws to douse and burn? I mean, besides these ...” He lifted the rolled papers above his head, inciting raucous applause. “These relics of a bygone age— which Leif and Fiona have so brazenly liberate
