The next day, Mr. McAvoy came to visit. “I was wondering if you were still thinking about going to town?”
“Yes, we’re trying to figure that out,” Gregory answered.
“Well, as much as the missus wants to go, we both can’t go and keep up with the chores. I told her we would figure something out, and we could both go in the autumn after the crops are in. But there are some things we need before then, if you wouldn’t mind.”
“We were figuring out whether or not we could both afford to be gone from our place,” Frank replied as he took the list from Mr. McAvoy. It was written in the nice handwriting of a woman who had some schooling. At the bottom of the note was scrawled “bolt of cloth,” noticeably different than the script in which the rest of the list was written.
“Well, I appreciate you no
