Finding You in Time (Train Through Time Series) by McBride Bess

Author:McBride, Bess [McBride, Bess]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Bess McBride
Published: 2014-07-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Nathan watched as Amanda set her spoon down and eyed her bowl warily. As if he were experiencing déjà vu, he knew what she was thinking.

“Is something wrong with the soup, Amanda?” Nathan asked.

She looked up from her scrutiny of her bowl and shook her head with a wan smile.

“I’m just not hungry, I guess.” Her statement belied her earlier comments of being hungry.

“You are worried about the safety of the food,” he said with a knowing glance in Robert’s direction.

Amanda looked up, startled.

“You expressed the same concerns before,” he said with a gentle smile. “And they are valid concerns.”

“My great-grandmother died of typhoid fever,” Amanda began.

“Yes, I know,” Nathan said. “You told me before. It is a real danger in our time. However, I checked with Mrs. Spivey this morning, and she told me she keeps her foods well chilled in an icebox in the root cellar, and she boils the milk before using it. I think you may safely eat the food.”

Robert watched her sympathetically. “Ellie had many of the same concerns and still does. She daily awaits some invention known as a refrigerator.”

Nathan nodded. “I have used a refrigerator,” he said with grin. “A superior invention, but it will not be safe for use for many years. At present, there is a model available, but it uses poisonous gasses which are toxic to both humans and the environment.”

“I shall have to tell Ellie. I do not think she was aware of that,” Robert said. “It seems you learned a great deal during your sojourn in the twenty-first century.”

Nathan nodded with a sigh. “The public library was a source of great comfort and information. It is warm in the winter and cool in the summer.”

“But I thought you said you stayed in a shelter,” Amanda said. She imagined him huddled up next to a heating grate by a public building as she had seen homeless people do in Washington, D.C. when she was on a high-school trip.

“Most shelters do not allow single men to stay inside during the day but provide beds for the night. As I mentioned before, I used their services on occasional nights during the winter, but I spent most nights at the train station,” Nathan said. He smiled but the smile did not reach his eyes.

Robert tisked and shook his head in sympathy. Amanda blinked back moisture that sprung to her eyes. She loved him too much to know that he had suffered.

“When I was not at the train station,” Nathan continued, “I sought the pleasure of reading books—many, many books. Only once did I indulge in the extravagance of attending a theater for a ‘film’ or ‘movie’ as I heard it referred to—some historical romantic film regarding time travel, a coin, and a wonderful hotel on Mackinac Island in Michigan. I had seen an advertisement for it, and I hoped the production would shed some light on my situation, but although I found the story to be a charming tale, there was nothing in it that was helpful to me.

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