In Times Gone By by Tracie Peterson

Author:Tracie Peterson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Fiction;Love stories;FIC042030;FIC042040;FIC014000
ISBN: 9781493413812
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2018-06-22T16:00:00+00:00

When Victoria was certain that the others had retired to bed, she pulled on her robe and made her way downstairs. She was thankful that Camri had agreed to share a room with Judith so that Victoria could have a room to herself. It would afford her the opportunity to scout out the house without the others questioning what she was doing.

The house was dark. The electricity hadn’t yet been restored, but Victoria knew where she could get what she needed. She’d made a close inventory earlier in the evening of anything she thought might prove useful. There were a few pieces of bric-a-brac she might be able to sell, and the silver candlesticks in the dining room should fetch a good sum. If she could just get enough money together, she could buy a train ticket to New York. She had friends there, and surely they would see that she gained both her inheritance and her freedom.

She felt her way along the hall and into the dining room, where she knew she’d find candles and matches. She quickly lit a small candle and glanced around the room. It was a fairly large dining room. Not anything like her Grandmother’s, but it was better than she’d anticipated.

Back in the hall, Victoria headed toward the back of the house.

“Who’s there?” Caleb called out.

She startled and froze in place, then drew a deep breath. “It’s Victoria.”

A door opened to her right, and the warm glow of lamplight illuminated Caleb Coulter. He smiled. “Is something wrong?”

She tried to figure out how to best play this hand. “I was . . . well, I couldn’t sleep.”

“Why don’t you come in, and we can talk? I can tell you about God. You said you’d like to know more.”

A sermon was the last thing she wanted to hear, but Victoria knew she would do well to play this game. “Yes, of course. I’d like that.”

As she followed him into the room, she undid the sash of her robe. Her nightgown and robe were hardly appropriate attire, and should someone else see her like this, they might question what was going on between her and Caleb. She smiled and fervently hoped someone might happen upon them.

“Sit here by the fire so you won’t get cold. I’ll fetch you a blanket as well.” Caleb crossed the room to a wooden trunk and pulled out a small quilt. “This should do the trick.”

Victoria took a chair. “I’m not cold.” She smiled up at him as he put the blanket across her lap. “But thank you.”

Caleb picked up his Bible from the desk and joined her at the fire. “Have you had any religious training?”

She shrugged. “We attended church with some regularity. I have to admit, however, that it was all beyond me. The minister talked of one thing and another, and it always seemed so confusing. I was never able to figure out what it was all about, and no one in my family seemed even remotely interested in explaining it to me.

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