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DescriptionHouse at Old Vine by Norah Lofts English | EPUB | ISBN-10: 0891902260 | ISBN-13: 978-0891902263  1 June 1978 | Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, East Anglia, Merravay, Norah Lofts, trilogy, House, Suffolk CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE Josiana Greenwood’s Tale (Circa 1496) I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX Interlude PART TWO Elizabeth Kentwoode’s Tale (Circa 1565) I II III IV Interlude PART THREE Barbara Kentwoode’s Tale (Circa 1620) I II III IV V Interlude PART FOUR Antony Flowerdew’s Tale (Circa 1645) I II III IV V Interlude PART FIVE Ethelreda Benedict’s Tale (Circa 1670) I II III IV V VI Interlude PART SIX Oliver Stanton’s Tale (Circa 1679) I II III IV V VI VII VIII Excerpt: Tomorrow the man I love is to die; horribly, and in public. Only two other people ever knew of our love, and they are both dead now; but there are circumstances which make it natural enough that I should spend the night on my knees before the altar in the St. Mary Chapel of the Abbey, praying for him. I am supposed to be praying that he may recant. They don’t like this burning of heretics. A heretic who recants is defeated and finished, one who burns scores a kind of victory. The common people who come to stare go away asking themselves: Would a man suffer so much and die untimely for anything less than a sincere belief? Even the judges themselves must feel a nibble of doubt: Would I face such an end for my beliefs? I wish I could pray. If I could pray and if prayers were answered, Walter would recant within an hour. He’d be what they call ‘a known man’ and for a time would be obliged to wear a little badge, with a faggot on it, to show how near he had come to burning; but he would be alive, alive to feel the warmth of the sun, the splash of the rain, even the sting of the sleet. I wish I could pray, and I wish I could believe. If I could believe anything I should believe as he does; then I could go with him tomorrow, certain that once the pain and the dying was done with there would be happiness in Heaven. Walter does not believe in Purgatory. He says there is no evidence for it in the Scriptures. He says that Christ said to the dying thief, ‘Today thou shalt be with me in Paradise.’ For Walter, that disposes of Purgatory. Related Torrents
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