Chapter Nine – Romana and Magdalena Getzi
As the height of summer spread its warm sunny wings across the town, Reverend Matthews found himself looking upon his duties to the parishioners akin to that of a shepherd tending his flock. There would always be the black sheep amongst them, those who had difficulty in leading a pure and honest life but he had to admit, all in all, the townsfolk were generous, caring and kind, those whose acquaintance he had met, at least. Now upon the subject of people whom the vicar had not yet met, there were only a few. Some lesser known citizens had still raised their hand in seeing the clergyman pass or slid into the back pew at church quite late and left as soon as service was over, but there were few whose lives still remained a mystery to him. However, a
