Qinmeartha And The Girl-Child LoChi - Plot & Excerpts
The church was full of people, one or two of whom were smiling kindly in her direction. The windows opposite were intact. Candles flickered merrily in their holders around the altar. In the gilt pulpit the Reverend James Daker was holding forth about his namesake, who'd run the pub across the road.Joanna looked for Tony Gilmour's face, and saw the girl standing where she'd seen her only a moment ago, but this time surrounded by the rest of her family and much of the rest of the village.Tony smiled at her shyly, as if uncertain of how Joanna would react.No one was singing.Joanna took a step forward to grip the end of the nearest pew. She imagined that the Reverend James Daker paused momentarily in his homily, as if he disapproved of her late arrival – which he quite probably did. She needed to sit down, urgently, but all the pews seemed to be full.She looked towards the Reverend James Daker, and he smiled at her.This time there was no imagining that he hesitated. The beefy man stopped entirely, and beckoned her forward towards him.
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