Temperance's Trial by Hallee Bridgeman

Author:Hallee Bridgeman
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Olivia Kimbrell Press
Published: 2022-03-20T00:00:00+00:00

MARIE sat in the second pew from the alter of the only cathedral in the village. As a child, she had attended the small church led by Pastor Trocmé and often also enjoyed sermons by Reverend Edouard Theis. As a student, she had joined the French Protestant student organization Cimade, which had supported the efforts of her father and Pastor Trocmé along with numerous other believers such as the Salvation Army, the Quakers, even the American Congregational Church. Therefore, Marie was not Catholic but had also never really respected such denominational lines.

She had heard disturbing rumors about all manner of collusion between the current Catholic Pope and the Fascist regimes. It only made sense. The Vatican sat in the center of Italy, after all, and Prime Minister Mussolini had already shown that he was not above all kinds of coercion. Marie chose to believe that her brothers and sisters in Christ, such as the local priests and nuns in this village, were above such political motivations.

Besides, the small cathedral was the closest house of worship to her apartment. That made it her church according to her cover. She stared at the crucifix hanging on the front wall beneath the small Rosetta window. If she actually lived here in this village by choice, she would very likely worship here. The building was well over five hundred years old. The woodwork and the stained glass inside was stunningly beautiful, the congregation even more so.

Sitting in the quiet house of worship, she briefly wondered what God thought of the humans waging this war on the face of His creation. She wondered, as always, how it would end, and knew God already knew. But what did He think of it?

Shaking her head at her fanciful thoughts, she reached for the hymnal and opened it to the appropriate page, but found nothing there. With a frown, she looked at the pages before and after, but still could find nothing.

Curious. Prudence had never missed a scheduled drop before. Not ever. A worried frown marred her brow as she set the hymnal back in place. Then she felt someone sit in the pew beside her.

Her heart skipped in fright and she turned her head to look, relieved to see Prudence.

"Hi," her friend whispered. "Thought I'd come in person this time."

"You gave me a fright," Marie whispered back. "I thought we'd been compromised somehow."

Prudence looked around and noticed the single old woman three rows back, her head bowed in prayer. She gestured with her head and the two escaped the dim church into the bright light of day.

Not wanting to draw undue attention to themselves, Marie didn't grab Prudence by the neck and hug her even though she wanted to do just that. What a blessing to see her for the first time in months.

Prudence looked a little wan. She'd lost some weight – and had a rough edge about her. Strangely, it appeared as if she had dyed her blonde hair a dark chestnut. "How are things at the farm?" Marie asked.

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