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"Yes," Gabriel agreed

The prayer a there’s horse in this so he’d rather not kno she intended to e that

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"His na over the Book of Prayer and studying the lengthy list of entries "Reverend Paul Morris" She ran her finger down the narrow colu to what it says here, his wife died two years ago"

"How sad"

"His naes"

"Hefor hireed "What do you think could be wrong?"

Mercy raised her hands in a defeated gesture "Your guess is as good as eles, too"

"How’d you find his name?"

Goodness twisted around to look at her friend "It just seee at el Gabriel, just when Goodness least expected his return She straightened quickly and noted that their cohort, Shirley, was no longer with hi out of the Book of Prayer She raised her right hand as if preparing toabout Reverend Paul Morris?" Gabriel inquired

"Yes," she said eagerly "His name’s listed several times in your book, and…well, it’s just a matter of curiosity, you understand"

"Perhaps you’d care to drop in and visit him yourself?"

Goodness was convinced her ears had deceived her She opened her mouth and flattened her palh-pitched voice "I thought you said…I mean, I was under the impression…" She snapped herPaul Morris

"It doesn’t do any harm to look, now, does it?" Gabriel asked

Goodness was alht

"Go on ahead without h and with the dra here all by ruffly

To be fair, Goodness did feel otten adept with guilt of late She’d acquired the skill by hanging around with Catholics, ere proven experts

"Let’s take a look at Paul," Gabriel suggested, and raised his e arms, the clouds parted, and the scene that had once been inaccessible and unclear unfolded in vivid colors The setting, appropriately so, was the church building itself

Goodness scanned the polished wooden pews and saw no one The area around the altar was ean," Gabriel explained

Goodness found him in the choir loft He must have sat down only recently because noof joy or triumph Goodness heard only an ean for the church," Gabriel explained

"Ah" Goodness wasn’t sure she understood, but if Paul Morris found so on a bench with his hands poised over the old ivory keys, she could find no har is a symphony of emotions," Gabriel explained "A ballad of loneliness"

Goodness strained her ears and still heard nothing She inserted her index finger into her ear and jerked it back and forth several times

Gabriel’s hand on her shoulder stopped her "I didn’tfrorief From the deepest, darkest corner of his heart"

"Oh" Goodness felt foolish now

"Wait and watch," Gabriel instructed her "I’ll be back soon"

Goodness had a long list of questions, but apparently none of theone in the blink of an eye The prayer a hu more than observe

Paul Morris slipped frolance at his watch told hi with the worship committee He hadn’t meant for the time to slip away like that and, with renewed purpose, increased his pace

Leta Johnson, his secretary, leaped from her chair the instant he walked into the office "You’re late," she announced, following hiize"

"The committee’s in the conference room," she said, and handed him a sheaf of papers "I believe they’ve started without you"