Question

What happens in the excerpt of Paul reveres rider?

Answer 1

Revere tells his friend to hang a lantern in the belfry of the Old North Church and to signal with one lamp if the British are coming by land and two if coming by sea. He will be on the opposite shore and will ride and spread the alarm in the countryside. He tells his friend goodnight and departs, silently rowing across the river. The moon rises and illuminates the Somerset, a British man-of-war ship. The ship is dark and ominous, its reflection gleaming larger than life in the water.