“I remember you. You had that spark even back then. Do you know who I am?” “You’re Lord Hamilton aren’t you? You’re my godfather.” “And you are Abigail Ashe.” Abigail nodded, stunned. Thomas froze. Slowly he put together the information he’d just learned. “Is-is James McGraw alive?” Abigail nodded. “He goes by Flint now.” Tears ran down Thomas’s face. “He’s alive! Peter told me...It doesn’t matter. He’s alive!”
from the rough draft of the next chapter of Return to Ithaca







