Sisters of the Quilt Trilogy by Cindy Woodsmall

Author:Cindy Woodsmall [Woodsmall, Cindy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780307791351
Publisher: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
Published: 2011-03-15T20:00:00+00:00

David stood on one end of the wagon and Matthew on the other as they placed another long wooden table in the bed of the cart. With Luke and Mary getting married tomorrow, he and a lot of others were working all day to set up for it. The Yoder place was buzzing, with thirty couples working together to cook a celebration meal for tomorrow. He wasn’t part of the teams of couples who would provide the wedding meal. He couldn’t help with that part without Elle being around.

The upside was that she was coming tomorrow. She couldn’t get away on a Tuesday morning, so she’d miss the actual ceremony, but she’d be here in time for the meal, songs, and games that would last until midnight. Matthew would carry Luke and Mary from the Bylers’ place, where the wedding ceremony would occur, to Mary’s home, where the meal and the rest of the festivities would take place. After Elle’s last visit, nearly four months ago, they could use an afternoon and evening of songs and games. It’d do them good. And all the fellowship and laughter would remind her of the best parts of being Amish.

Then maybe her letter writing would pick back up. She still wrote, but just short notes and not very often.

David brushed his hands together. “Have you heard that Sarah’s been found wandering about at night by different folks in the community? I don’t mean being with anybody, just by herself, out roaming around. Jacob’s done washed his hands of her, says she’s weird.”

Matthew shifted the benches, trying to secure them. “I’ve heard. Don’t make nothing of it. She’s having a hard time, and the quiet evening air clears her mind. And if you ask me, Jacob’s washed his hands of her because he’s got eyes for Lizzy Miller.”

“Yeah, well I heard that her Mamm’s trying to cover for her, not lettin’ anybody know just how bad she is, and trying to keep her close, so she don’t get in any real trouble.” David jumped down from the wagon. “Wanna place a bet what month Mary gives birth? I suspect she’ll have a baby within a month of their anniversary.”

Matthew stepped off the back end of the wagon. “We’ll need more chairs. So go find some and a sense of respectability while you’re at it.” Betting on how long it’d take Luke to father a child. Good grief. Thinking it was one thing, but speaking it out loud? Where did his brother come up with such brazenness?

But David stayed put, watching the house. Matthew studied their home to see if his brother had his eye on something specific. They both had grown up in the farmhouse, as had their father and their grandfather before them.

Seeing nothing in particular, Matthew tightened the rope across the benches. “Is there somethin’ on your mind, aside from foolishness?”

“Yeah.”

“Well?”

David grabbed a piece of old straw from a corner of the wagon. “You won’t get mad?”

“Depends. What’d you do?”

David stuck one end of the straw in his mouth.

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