Sunday, June 30—Monday, July 1, 1776
- Isabel and Ruth are at church with the Locktons and Lady Seymour, seated in the upstairs gallery for the slaves, when a boy interrupts the service to announce that the British have invaded the harbor. Basically, all hell breaks loose: Loyalists like the Locktons hope that the invasion will be their deliverance, while the rebels are furious at their arrival and starting to riot all over the place.
- Then, in the middle of all this madness, Ruth has another seizure. Frozen in one spot, a blank expression comes over her face as her teeth chatter. Madam is suspicious about what's happening, but Isabel gets away with telling her Ruth is just tired. Isabel believes it's time to touch base with Bellingham or the Colonel to demand that they live up to their ends of the bargain she made with them.