Threads of Grace
“He’d managed to balance his time shrewdly with enough work to allow him time to slip off through the fields and spy on the Wyse place. After last night’s visit, he decided that the kid’s dog was a hindrance and he had to do something about her. But the thought gave him no satisfaction; he had an affection for animals and couldn’t see himself lifting a hand to an innocent creature.He entered the kitchen for breakfast and sat down at the table among the various-aged children. “A fair morning to y...ou,” he said to Fraa Zook.Deacon Zook already had his seat and asked his wife as to the whereabouts of Kate, their eldest daughter.Tobias said nothing, though he might have predicted that the chit was still in bed. Seventeen-year-old Kate Zook was too intent and too aware of her own beauty. Compared to Grace, who reminded him of a dewy violet, she was an ostentatious iris.The girl finally arrived and gave Tobias a haughty, condescending glance. He looked down at his plate and waited until silent grace was finished before helping himself to the bacon.“So, Abraham, my husband tells me that you come from Ohio originally,”MoreLess
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