“Instead the line of young unmarried girls started immediately. Either Sylvia and Ben had made their final decision and already left the Amish church, or they were absent because of sickness. After the meeting the other night, Hannah couldn’t help but suppose it was the former reason.On the way to church, a cold blast swept down the mountain slopes. Last night too had been frigid. When Hannah greeted Betty in the kitchen, her aunt said that the pond they had passed on their way to church had fro...zen over. And now, outside the living room window of Amos Raber’s place, where church was being held, the branches on the trees whipped angrily back and forth.Hannah shivered on the bench, though the house was well heated. Amos kept his old furnace chugging along just fine. Every so often he would head for the basement to add wood to the fire. The cause of Hannah's discomfort was not the temperature but the emptiness inside of her.Hannah hadn’t expected to experience such strong feelings after losing the baby.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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