Love Finds a Home (Love Comes Softly Series #8)
“But to Belinda's thinking, they were no nearer to solving their dilemma than when they began. She was beginning to feel they might as well give up when the minister of the church made an afternoon call.
"I understand that Marshall Manor has been left in your capable hands," he commented with a charming smile.
And maybe you are wishing to make sure that you and your church stand in favorable light, Belinda thought but did not say. She quickly chided herself for even thinking such thoughts. After all, he was a man of the cloth, and it was due to his sermon that Mrs. Stafford-Smyth had made peace with her God before her death. He was, Belinda admitted, preaching from the Holy Scripture, even if his application was ineffectual, to her way of thinking.
She nodded silently, waiting for the man to go on.
"We at the church just want you to know that, as Mrs. Stafford-Smyth before you, we value you as a member of our congregation. And if there is ever any way we can be of service--" 129 "As a ...matter of fact," Belinda interrupted on sudden impulse, "there might be a way.MoreLess
"I understand that Marshall Manor has been left in your capable hands," he commented with a charming smile.
And maybe you are wishing to make sure that you and your church stand in favorable light, Belinda thought but did not say. She quickly chided herself for even thinking such thoughts. After all, he was a man of the cloth, and it was due to his sermon that Mrs. Stafford-Smyth had made peace with her God before her death. He was, Belinda admitted, preaching from the Holy Scripture, even if his application was ineffectual, to her way of thinking.
She nodded silently, waiting for the man to go on.
"We at the church just want you to know that, as Mrs. Stafford-Smyth before you, we value you as a member of our congregation. And if there is ever any way we can be of service--" 129 "As a ...matter of fact," Belinda interrupted on sudden impulse, "there might be a way.MoreLess
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