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Authors: Edward Cline

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The most difficult letter he wrote in this period was to Hugh’s father, Garnet Kenrick. In it, he confessed without guilt his role in Roger Tallmadge’s death at Charlestown — an action that had made Alice, Hugh’s beloved sister, a widow — and explained in detail why Hugh had died on the
Sparrowhawk
. “We agreed that the
Sparrowhawk
must be destroyed. We completed halves of that task, but Hugh paid the higher price.” He sent the letter on, expecting neither a reply nor ever to be welcome in the Kenrick household.

It was a reasonable assumption. It was one of the very few things about which he was wrong.

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