Chapter 17

Episode 17.

FAR FAR FROM SHADE, SEPTEMBER 1767:

  Down the road the chariots and horses hopped up and down with loads and goods, and even oxes with a truck load attached to their backs. And down the market dead busy with numerous activities, some ladies sang to and fro. 

  "The slaves seem to be very familiar with you," said a woman in her late 40s, dressed in a long ankle flare gown, sandals and a butterfly hat and scarf round her neck. She stood smiling wryly with a folded arm which a little basket hung on. 

  The addressee, a man in his early 50s sharply turned as he backed her. For a moment he was silent, but then spoke, "Eva. . ."

  He however expressed a smile and made to move to her but stopped, he just then was conscious of his brace compass clocking constantly, and he slowly lifted his face on to her. She howbeit noticed and the cheer on her face drastically began to fade away. But to maintain her earlier state, he simu