Mail Order Bride: His Lavender Bride (Shades of Romance Book 1) by Kalyn Keyes & Jill Maguire

Author:Kalyn Keyes & Jill Maguire [Keyes, Kalyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prairie Wind Publishing
Published: 2015-09-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

If May had been unusually warm, then June was most surely breaking records for hot temperatures. Ethan sat at the front of the church wiping his brow. How was he ever going to get folks to sit through services in heat like this? He suddenly felt sorry for the schoolmistress who was trying to finish out the school year in this same room.

Thoughts of the school mistress inevitably led him to think about Cassie Edwards and he wondered if it was just as hot in her classroom in Blakeford. He wondered too, if she had decided yet about returning permanently to Bent River. He realized that he hoped she would. They had always been good friends and he would enjoy having her in his congregation. For a moment he thought that perhaps their relationship might have been more than a friendship, but it wasn’t likely now, since he was soon to meet his mail order bride.

He’d been writing to Sarah Ballantine for several weeks now, and they were in the process of setting up their first meeting. Sarah would be travelling to Bent River at the end of June and they were to be wed upon her arrival.

Their letters had been regular and as frequent as the post would permit. They had gone from fairly stiff and formal to friendly, personal and even humorous. They had divulged much information about each other through their letters and Ethan felt as if their relationship was off to a good start.

Sarah wrote that she was longing to get away from the city and the demands that were being put upon her by the social status of her parents. She told him how she remembered visits to her grandmother who lived in the country and how those visits had formed a fondness for the open spaces of the countryside in her heart. She claimed she was truly excited about being a pastor’s bride and living a quiet country life.

For his part, Ethan tried to describe life as it was in Bent River, and how his life as a pastor filled his days and his heart. He was clear that his dedication to his work was very important to him, but he also assured her that there was plenty of love in his heart for a wife and a family as well. They were agreed that a large family was one of their shared desires.

Ethan had also assured her that although his present home was very small, he would set to work finding a larger piece of property on which they could build the house of their dreams. Sarah seemed in agreement with all of the plans he put forward, emphasizing that her primary concern would be making their home a happy place regardless of its size or location.

By the end of June Ethan was ready and anxious for Sarah to come. He wrote to let her know that he was sending a train ticket and some money should she require it for expenses on her trip west.

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