William was taking a gentle walk toward a Plantation north of where he and Kirtum were dropping off a runaway slave called John. He was new to all of this, given that he had deserted over a month ago, so seeing a big white mansion in the middle of nowhere caught him off guard. It was surrounded by free men, all black. He had never seen anything like it. It was like a summer boarding house with fresh lemonade and thick beefy pie. He was realising he was hungry and the injury on his thigh was aching from the long walk