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Watching Ken, quiet and cal, vital, handsome, Elizabeth wondered if maybe they understood each other very well after all Perhaps both had things they weren’t saying

Not for the first time Elizabeth wondered about Tom Hancock Why he’d chosen to minister to them, and why he stayed within the walls of old Quebec City It took a certain personality, Elizabeth knew, to choose to live in what aht, let’s start," said Porter, sitting up even straighter

"Winnie isn’t here yet," said Elizabeth

"We can’t wait"

"Why not?" Toe

"Because it’s already past ten thirty and you’re the one anted toscored a point

Once again, thought Elizabeth, Porter ht Still, I’ to take to the field

"Well, I’m not First order of business?"

They discussed the purchase of new books for a while before Winnie arrived Slish community, to the Lit and His, but ave Porter a withering look, and sat next to Elizabeth

"I see you started without me," she said to him "I told you I’d be late"

"You did, but that doesn’tnew books to buy"

"And it didn’t occur to you this ht be an issue best discussed with the librarian?"

"Well, you’re here now"

The rest of the board watched this as though at Wih with considerably less interest It was pretty clear who had the balls, and ould win

Fifty enda There was one oat but too polite to take it They’d discussed the heating bills, the membership drive, the ratty old voluenerally sermons, or lurid Victorian poetry, or the dreary daily diary of a trip up the Amazon or into Africa to shoot and stuff so another sale of books, but after the last debacle that was a short discussion