Amy listened quietly in church. She was always a very studious girl, and she felt strongly that learning good moral values was important. Especially she was was to lead a life of virtue and avoid damnation. Sadly, if the rumours were to be believed, that was not true for the sister of one her friends. The Welsh girl wondered how anyone could be so foolish as to have a child outside of marriage. The shame of sin must be unbearable on the family. Amy glanced towards the direction of Alice and wondered if the rumours going around were true; it seemed most certainly likely. She had always struck Amy as the sort of woman who would behave in such an unsavoury manner.

Still, the 14-year-old lass wanted to know the truth. Her own curiosity demanded it. She briefly wondered if she could get her brother Donald to ask his friend about the truth of this sister. Amy decided against that, her brother would almost certainly refuse the request, and besides which she did not want to risk her brother getting into a fight with that Ward boy. The Westwood girl could ask Alice directly, but she didn’t really know her very well, Anne was a bit closer to Amy in age. There would be no other option but to brooch the subject directly with Anne.

When Alice left the service before it had finished, which Amy felt was incredibly rude and improper, she decided that the rumours were probably true. It would give her a chance to ask her friend about it in any case during their charity work. She looked around for were Anne was sitting and ventured others towards her. Giving her a small nod, she set down next to her ignoring the brooding expression on her face. “ You seem to got the morbs” she said quietly to her ” is your sister okay? I see she left the service early. I do hope she is not unwell” It might have been a weak opening gambit, but Amy was just testing the waters for the time being.