Oh great, now we’re putting Miranda’s betrayal and Silver’s betrayal on the same scale. I didn’t know Miranda knew about Thomas being alive and arranged for Flint to be locked up in a Boston’ labor camp, while she gets to leave and live a normal life. Totally the same. Yep.

I’m fairly certain this isn’t actually directed at me, Nonny, since I don’t recall ever likening those two betrayals to one another, so I’m going to assume this is a general complaint about the logical fallacy being displayed in that comparison and treat it accordingly. And yes – you’re absolutely right. Miranda fully intended to go with James. She wasn’t trying to send him away. She wasn’t trying to hurt him – not any more than she thought she had to, at any rate, and while her decision probably wasn’t the right one, I can absolutely see where it was coming from. Her betrayal, as you rightly noted, would not have led him to be enslaved and wouldn’t have cost the freedom of thousands, as James at that point was fighting to see Nassau and only Nassau remain free of British rule. Silver’s decision on the other hand… well, you’ve likely heard enough from me on the subject. Suffice to say – one of these things is not like the other!