PREQUEL to BLURRY MOUNTAIN:  “THE UNSETTLING”© 2026 Donald Whelpley CHAPTER FIVE.  SLOW AND PURPOSEFUL. On the coastal plains there were more slave than free, more black than white.  The Negroes were not talkative.  They always seemed to move with purpose, and looked neither left nor right.  Once Grigor stopped negro man to ask directions.  The man was furtive and only answered … Continue reading GUEST POST from Don – THE UNSETTLING, chapter 5