“The man whom she considered kin to her regarded her with one arm across his waist and the other elbow propped on it, hand to mouth. He had a rough polishing cloth tied round his waist, just as the blue banner had been when they found him. He was regarding his handiwork through narrowed eyes. ‘It goes well?’ he asked. ‘It is wondrous,’ she said and smiled with as many gaps as teeth. It was wondrous indeed. And so were the new beams that he had placed in the low roof, white cedar glowing in t...he firelight and oozing sticky amber gum. Her doors were new and solid, her casements mended with the draughts banished. He had even built a new loggia in the tiny courtyard where the hens scratched. He was always to be found collecting wood, chopping, planning and shaping, and miracles sprang from his hands with a new found skill which would not have shamed Saint Joseph himself, father to Our Lord and the first of all carpenters. He smiled at last, enjoying the moment with her.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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