Bittersweet Bliss (Saskatchewan Saga book #5): a Novel
“Parker Jones said, stepping behind the simple pulpit that had been put into place at the front of the schoolroom. His congregation began leafing through the hymnals that had been brought out of storage for Sunday’s service, looking for their favorite selections.
A vigorous bunch they were. Having spent a week at hard labor, they were—men and women alike—high colored from the Canadian sun, scrubbed until their work-worn faces shone. Hair, if they were male, was freshly cut so that the napes ...of necks gleamed white above the tan below; beards and mustaches were freshly trimmed. Women, particularly the older ones—having no time and small inclination to fool with curling irons—gathered their hair back into the ubiquitous bun. If they should be so fortunate as to own a hat in reasonable enough condition to be worn, it perched atop their head humbly.
Clothes, old though they might be and well-worn, were in good repair: shirt collars and cuffs being turned until the last ounce of wear should be had from them; dresses taken in and let out as age and weight demanded; the seats of serge pants shining beneath many a mismatched jacket.MoreLess
A vigorous bunch they were. Having spent a week at hard labor, they were—men and women alike—high colored from the Canadian sun, scrubbed until their work-worn faces shone. Hair, if they were male, was freshly cut so that the napes ...of necks gleamed white above the tan below; beards and mustaches were freshly trimmed. Women, particularly the older ones—having no time and small inclination to fool with curling irons—gathered their hair back into the ubiquitous bun. If they should be so fortunate as to own a hat in reasonable enough condition to be worn, it perched atop their head humbly.
Clothes, old though they might be and well-worn, were in good repair: shirt collars and cuffs being turned until the last ounce of wear should be had from them; dresses taken in and let out as age and weight demanded; the seats of serge pants shining beneath many a mismatched jacket.MoreLess
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