Baptism in Blood
“Night here was beautiful when he was sitting on David Sandler’s deck, looking out at the big moon and the black ocean. It was beautiful here, in town, with trees and small gracious buildings all around him, with the heavy scent of night flowers and the solemn chill of coming winter blowing in his face. The Town Hall and the library were dark. Betsey’s diner and many of the Greek revival houses on the side streets were lit up. Sometime while Gregor wasn’t paying attention, twilight had ended.
...The rectory of the Methodist Church was lit up like Times Square. There were lights on in all the downstairs rooms that Gregor could see, and some of the upstairs ones. There was a light on on the porch as well. Next door, the church itself was dark, its windows shuttered over to protect it from vandalism and teenagers. Gregor thought the doors were probably locked. He preferred the old tradition in the Catholic Church, maintained so seldom now, because the world had changed so much, of keeping the doors of the church open at all times.MoreLess
...The rectory of the Methodist Church was lit up like Times Square. There were lights on in all the downstairs rooms that Gregor could see, and some of the upstairs ones. There was a light on on the porch as well. Next door, the church itself was dark, its windows shuttered over to protect it from vandalism and teenagers. Gregor thought the doors were probably locked. He preferred the old tradition in the Catholic Church, maintained so seldom now, because the world had changed so much, of keeping the doors of the church open at all times.MoreLess
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