Adonijah

She went into every thing with such heartiness, that even Adonijah Bunce began to feel as happy as his left leg would let him.

She knew that if Adonijah's conspiracy succeeded her own life and that of her son might not be worth a day's purchase.

No sooner had he fallen than Joab, the former adherent of Adonijah, feared that a similar fate would overtake him.

The secret of his destiny was probably known to few, though it was evidently suspected by Adonijah.