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They e, and once they arrived, Tyler was even e; there were still fortifications and cannon and all manner of defenses At the time, the Americans hadn’t known the British wouldn’t chase the, there had been many, many deaths Two thousand had died from the harshness of that winter and the diseases that riddled the troops

They stopped to see George Washington’s restored headquarters, and Tyler felt hueneral’s maps and other artifacts From beyond the little house and the hill on which it sat, he saw an exceptional view of the Schuylkill River

At quarter to two, they can announced Standish House: Open upon Appointment

Tyler had barely knocked when Martin Standish opened the door He was a wizened little lasses, wispy white hair and a round belly

Indeed, he looked like an older Ben Franklin

"Co the door behind them "No one followed you, did they?"

Tyler was surprised "No one knoe’re here, Mr Standish," he assured the h You’ve spoken to her online and on the phone And I’ue, with the FBI Why are you afraid ere followed?"

"I received several calls thisto seelady, if I knew that, I wouldn’t be so worried But considering everything that’s happened, I don’t trust tooout of town for a while This is allme very nervous," he said

"You feel threatened?" Tyler tried to take in the littlearea But there were display cases on tables throughout; he had re, vests, caps, belts and a number of powder horns and flintlock enerals and the rank and file of the Revolutionary ar his head "What, sir? Agent or not, what are you, stupid?" Standish deot that woet three calls, and oddly enough, although the voices were similar, each claimed to be froinia, New York City and Ver in Philly around the Tarleton-Dandridge House? That’s scary Coincidence that a woman dies in a car accident after a fellow stabs himself to death with his costume bayonet? No, I don’t think so I don’t believe in coincidence, no sirree I’hter where I’ll be"

Tyler glanced at Allison "Could you tell whether the caller today was a man or a woman?"

"Couldn’t tell at all"

"I’d like your permission to check your phone records We can find out where those calls came from," Tyler said

Standish raised his brows "Sure If you can do that, great"

"It only takes a phone call"

Standish seemed to like him then

"I don’t understand it Soe House ht not be entirely true," Standish said "We need to ad and the stories we got wrong It doesn’t reat country if we do Lord, there’s power in seeing the past clearly" He looked at Allison "You teach history to our youngthat the men who came before us ithout fault Theor small, out there for the world to see But can anyone in our society be foolish enough not to realize that men of power have always held a sexual attraction for those around the to exploit it?" Hehis head "Thoround he walked on, but he had an affair with his slave Sally Hes Everyone back then talked about it and his mixed-race children--everyone except Jefferson The er in the air "But the interesting thing is that Sally Hehter of Jefferson’s wife’s father People talked about hireat man But scandal isn’t new, is it?"

"No, Mr Standish, scandal isn’t new at all I don’t think most people are alarmed when politicians are human I think we’re alarmed when they lie and make bad decisions When we see that a politician lied about an affair and covered it up, onder what else he ht lie about," Allison said

Tyler cleared his throat "What’s the lie that surrounds the Tarleton-Dandridge House, Mr Standish? If we can discover the truth, ed--and we can make sure no one else is killed" He took out his phone and put a call through to Logan, asking Standish for particulars as he requested Logan to get Standish’s phone records pulled