12-25-2021, 07:44 PM
The noise of the bell seemed to come from elsewhere. But they stopped at a spireless chapel that hardly distinguishable in shape and size from the houses it lined up with, although its windows were long and tall and its walls whitewashed. There was a door to the side. Tobias jumped down. "Wait a moment, I'll help you down," he told Iris. He tied the horses and then moved to her side to help her down.
"Mornin', Tobias!" A man in a simple suit called out. He was accompanied by a gracious dark haired woman in a plain mauve dress and three girls. They stopped close by.
"We heard t' bairn was born, is this her?" said the woman, stretching her neck to get a look at Emma. The three girls gathered round.
"Aye, and this is Mrs. Carpenter. The wetnurse. Alice is still poorly, I'm afraid." Tobias said.
"Mornin', Tobias!" A man in a simple suit called out. He was accompanied by a gracious dark haired woman in a plain mauve dress and three girls. They stopped close by.
"We heard t' bairn was born, is this her?" said the woman, stretching her neck to get a look at Emma. The three girls gathered round.
"Aye, and this is Mrs. Carpenter. The wetnurse. Alice is still poorly, I'm afraid." Tobias said.