Silvia's Rose by Jerry S. Eicher

Author:Jerry S. Eicher
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780736969314
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

TWENTY-TWO

After supper, Esther moved the bouquet to the end table between the rocking chair and the couch. She reached over to brush the green leaves tucked in among the beautiful flowers.

“You shouldn’t have, Isaiah,” she scolded. “You really shouldn’t have. What if Daniel finds out you carried a bunch of flowers into my house for my enjoyment? That’s the fancy way of the Englisha.”

“You don’t like them?” He knew good and well by now that she did, and more than that, she’d been quite overcome.

Diana hopped down from Isaiah’s lap—where she had been sitting contentedly since supper ended—and ran over to the bouquet. She looked back at Isaiah. “Which one did you say was the cow…what was it?”

“A cow-wheat,” Isaiah said, coming over to kneel in front of the flowers. “As you can see, that’s the one with all the green leaves and only a little stem on top that’s white and bright yellow on the inside.”

“What are the others?” Diana asked. “They’re so pretty.”

Isaiah smiled. “I’m afraid I can’t help you on that. We’ll just have to enjoy them along with your mamm. I think she likes them. Doesn’t she?” Isaiah winked over his shoulder at Esther.

She leaned out of her chair to slap him playfully on the shoulder. Where had that instinct come from? They were not wed yet. She looked away and forced herself to breathe evenly.

Diana spoke up. “Maybe we can go ask Joseph what the other flowers are called. He would know.”

Isaiah’s Adam’s apple bobbed a few times.

Esther leaped to his defense. “No, Diana, we’re not going down to see Joseph. You can enjoy the flowers without knowing all about them. See, I am.”

Esther leaned over to take a long sniff. She came much too close to Isaiah’s face, but he made no effort to draw away. She jerked upright and exclaimed, “The dishes!”

They still sat on the kitchen table. Never before had she left the supper dishes to sit and chat in the living room.

“I want to know what the flowers are,” Diana pouted. “And Joseph knows.”

“Stop it, Diana. Be thankful for what you have.”

Isaiah had a big grin on his face. “Perhaps we can find an answer without making the trip to see Joseph. Do you have an encyclopedia in the house?”

Esther thought for a moment. “We haven’t unpacked everything since the move, but even if they can be found, they’re quite old.”

“It would be worth a try! Do you know where the unpacked boxes are?” Isaiah asked Diana.

“Yah, I do.” Diana bounced to her feet and took his hand. “Come. I will show you.”

“You’d best take a lamp with you,” Esther told them. “It’s starting to get dark.”

“That we can do,” Isaiah sang out, picking up the kerosene lamp on the desk. “A match?” he asked.

“Let’s look in the drawer,” Esther managed as she moved forward to the desk. With matches in hand, she lit the flame as Isaiah held the lamp. He waited as she lifted the globe and lit the wick with trembling fingers.

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