The Captain's Toll-Gate

From the garden arbor, you struggled with your uncle's telescope until a distant carriage stayed inside its wandering circle. It passed the shunpike, carries a woman, and therefore belongs to my part of the toll arrangement. You step into this one-chapter preview with Captain John Asher at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. every traveller could now carry a different version of Olive Asher back into town. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.

Chapters

1. Seven Cents at the BarGlenford Pike · 6 min

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