A Brother's Honor
“The heat from the animals in the byre surrounded her as she knelt by the wall behind a mound of hay.
She had not expected the farmer to come in here now because she had seen him going toward the field behind the cottage and byre. When he walked toward the cow that was chewing contentedly, she eased closer to the floor. She froze when she heard a click from the eggs she held in the long shirt she had stolen yesterday from another cottage closer to the village. That household was also missing a s...et of boys’ breeches and a man’s shirt. She wore the breeches beneath her shirt, and the second shirt had replaced Dominic’s ruined one.
A week ago, she would have been racked with guilt at her thievery. How furious Aunt Velma would be to discover Abigail skulking about as she stole what she needed for herself and Dominic!
But this is not New Bedford, she argued silently.
Her first foray had been the day after she had helped Dominic to the hut. With so many of the villagers down on the shore scavenging what was left of the Republic, it had been simple to slip among the stone cottages and help herself to a meat pie from one house and a small loaf of bread from another.MoreLess
She had not expected the farmer to come in here now because she had seen him going toward the field behind the cottage and byre. When he walked toward the cow that was chewing contentedly, she eased closer to the floor. She froze when she heard a click from the eggs she held in the long shirt she had stolen yesterday from another cottage closer to the village. That household was also missing a s...et of boys’ breeches and a man’s shirt. She wore the breeches beneath her shirt, and the second shirt had replaced Dominic’s ruined one.
A week ago, she would have been racked with guilt at her thievery. How furious Aunt Velma would be to discover Abigail skulking about as she stole what she needed for herself and Dominic!
But this is not New Bedford, she argued silently.
Her first foray had been the day after she had helped Dominic to the hut. With so many of the villagers down on the shore scavenging what was left of the Republic, it had been simple to slip among the stone cottages and help herself to a meat pie from one house and a small loaf of bread from another.MoreLess
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