Honor in the Dust (2009)
“There was no secret of his intentions of late. But she would not make it easy for him.
He marched into her bedroom and after making a few false starts said, “My dear, I think you can guess what I’m going to say.”
“Not at all, sir.”
“I have been studying the Scripture, and it becomes more evident to me and to the priesthood of the church that we have not had a marriage. Therefore we are going to end something that never really existed.”
“I do not understand you.”
“You must be aware that it is st...ated in the book of Leviticus chapter 20, verse 21, ‘If a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an impurity. He hath covered his brother’s nakedness: they shall be childless.’ Obviously, when I married my brother Arthur’s widow, I committed a terrible sin. You, perhaps, were not aware of it, and neither was I. But there it is.”
“I do not believe this is the truth,” Catherine said. When Henry just stared at her, she began to weep.
“We have never been married, Catherine.MoreLess
He marched into her bedroom and after making a few false starts said, “My dear, I think you can guess what I’m going to say.”
“Not at all, sir.”
“I have been studying the Scripture, and it becomes more evident to me and to the priesthood of the church that we have not had a marriage. Therefore we are going to end something that never really existed.”
“I do not understand you.”
“You must be aware that it is st...ated in the book of Leviticus chapter 20, verse 21, ‘If a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an impurity. He hath covered his brother’s nakedness: they shall be childless.’ Obviously, when I married my brother Arthur’s widow, I committed a terrible sin. You, perhaps, were not aware of it, and neither was I. But there it is.”
“I do not believe this is the truth,” Catherine said. When Henry just stared at her, she began to weep.
“We have never been married, Catherine.MoreLess
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