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[iniquiticity]

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He was sure that the anger, and the heat in his face, were both visible as the man in front of him. He wanted - deserved - this position. Lawrence had done well in growing their estate and their name, and people were beginning to know what it was to be a Washington. Most of them knew Lawrence - proud, considerate, thoughtful, temperate - but there were a few who knew the hot-headed younger Washington, too.

Governor Dinwiddie, in front of him, must have not heard.

“Certainly things can be arranged for my brother?” Lawrence was saying, his charming and diplomatic self. George’s fists were clenched hot behind his back. He was to never be so angry. He was never to be furious. But he was furious. He was being denied for nothing!

“They should not need to be changed,” he growled, and stood straight. He knew he was taller than most men, broad and strong and young. “They should already be arranged, to be suitable. This kind of behavior is nothing but disrespect.”


Lawrence glanced sharply at him and narrowed his eyes.