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"What news, brother?" Jack asked on Stephen's return. Their latest stay in port had swamped him with paperwork; Stephen did not think he knew even the biggest piece of news.
"The colonists have revolted again. They have formed another Continental Congress which has officially declared war."
Jack didn't look surprised, but he said, "I thought they'd never do it. It's been twenty years since we crushed the first revolt."
"Well, England has treated them worse and worse since they lost." And though he did not say it out loud, Stephen also thought, No people can be kept in servitude forever.