Nocturnal Emissions
“If he had at any time been recognized, at least he wasn’t aware of it. By keeping his eyes on the path directly before him, he was also better able to avoid the nostalgic pangs of this homecoming.
Outside the center of the town again, and passing alongside a farm that bordered the road, Venn stopped to read something written on the rails of a gate leading into a pasture. In crudely rendered letters, colored red, it said: “There is a fortune for you in John iii.16.”
On the rail below that was em...blazoned: “Now is the accepted time.”
It wasn’t the first time he had seen such sentiments painted on gates and stiles across the countryside.
Further down the road, Venn came upon the Anglican church of Reverend Trendle, and was surprised to see it surrounded in scaffolding and ladders, with three workers currently upon its roof in the shadow of its short stone tower. For a moment, Venn wondered if Black Shuck had indeed paid the church a visit after all, demolishing it as his own much larger church had been blasted.MoreLess
Outside the center of the town again, and passing alongside a farm that bordered the road, Venn stopped to read something written on the rails of a gate leading into a pasture. In crudely rendered letters, colored red, it said: “There is a fortune for you in John iii.16.”
On the rail below that was em...blazoned: “Now is the accepted time.”
It wasn’t the first time he had seen such sentiments painted on gates and stiles across the countryside.
Further down the road, Venn came upon the Anglican church of Reverend Trendle, and was surprised to see it surrounded in scaffolding and ladders, with three workers currently upon its roof in the shadow of its short stone tower. For a moment, Venn wondered if Black Shuck had indeed paid the church a visit after all, demolishing it as his own much larger church had been blasted.MoreLess
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